Categories are the key to organising your WordPress Posts: categorizing your WordPress posts will make it easier for your visitors to navigate your blog and for you to manage your site’s content.

Many WordPress themes, especially those in magazine style, need to have some configurations in terms of category IDs. So, you need to set an ID in the proper part of code (WordPress loop) so that you have the posts of a certain category shown on a certain section of the page. One of the questions that many WordPress user might have is how to find those IDs. That is quite easy even though it might be a little tricky.

Getting started with WordPress is fairly easy but can be a little tricky. Here is a step-by-step guide that will get you up and running in no time.