[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60001: Deprioritize categories

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#60001: Deprioritize categories
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 Reporter:  joostdevalk  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor       |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
  Focuses:               |
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 In the old days of blogging, we used categories. Nice, hierarchical
 structures which we all understood how they worked. However, as I was
 recently discussing the many issues around tags and categories with @matt,
 he made a strong point: people coming into blogging these days might
 understand tags a whole lot better than categories.

 We also agreed that the fact that by default, WordPress ships with two
 taxonomies, (categories and tags), is less than ideal from a new user UX
 perspective.

 So I'm proposing a change (for which @matt should actually get credit as
 he said it first in our conversation): we should (slowly) deprioritize
 categories. To start, on the pre-publish checks, we should not suggest
 people add a category to their post if they've never done so, or if they
 only have posts in the "Uncategorized" category.

 I'd also suggest removing the Categories panel if that's the case. Would
 love to hear other opinions, or see implementations :)

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/60001>
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