Title: Understanding categories
Last modified: September 27, 2025

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# Understanding categories

 *  [Abe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abu117/)
 * (@abu117)
 * [6 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categories/)
 * I am trying to understand why only the admins have the ability to add categories.
   Unless your site is serving a specific niche, shouldn’t the freelancer be able
   to add a category if one does not exist? if they can, please enlighten me, or
   advise of a work around?
    -  This topic was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by [Abe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abu117/).

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 *  [kseniiahivepress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kseniiahivepress/)
 * (@kseniiahivepress)
 * [6 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categories/#post-18660910)
 * Hi,
   There isn’t a feature like that because categories function as listing types.
   By creating them, the admin defines the niche for the site. As a workaround, 
   you can create the “Other” category. As the admin, you’ll be able to see which
   listings fall under it and decide when to add new categories based on that.Usually,
   directory and classified sites don’t allow creating categories, only tags, which
   are user-generated content. You might want to check out our Tags plugin, which
   let users add new tags if they aren’t already listed, these will then appear 
   in the filter form.Hope I helped with your request.
 *  Thread Starter [Abe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abu117/)
 * (@abu117)
 * [6 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categories/#post-18661086)
 * thanks very much – appreciate the support 🙂

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 * Last activity: [6 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categories/#post-18661086)
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