URL for Posts in WordPress Categories

Sometimes we need to send a link to someone that contains only the posts for a specific category. Here is how to do this for WordPress sites.

Obviously, the category you want must already exist on the WordPress website.

If the category is not found, you get a 404 error.

Obviously, the category you want has to exist on the WordPress website.

Using Reno Ferris as an example, here are two formats. We recommend the second one, as it looks more professional.

Format one:

/?category_name=wordpress

Such as http://example.com/?category_name=wordpress

This will immediately convert to

Format Two:

/category/wordpress/

Either will work. We recommend the format /category/wordpress/, as it looks more professional.

When the category is found, it will be displayed like this:

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