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title: Add Categories Taxonomy Field in Post Forms
description: "**Fluent Forms** offers **Taxonomy Fields** that allow you to group your posts based on categories, tags, and other taxonomies available on your WordPress site.  > **Remember**, you will get this **Taxonomy Fields Module** only in a [Post Form](https://fluentforms.com/docs/how-to-create-a-post-form-with-fluent-forms/). This article…"
url: "https://fluentforms.com/docs/add-categories-taxonomy-field-in-post-forms/"
updated: "2025-10-23"
category: Field Types / Taxonomy Fields
---

# Add Categories Taxonomy Field in Post Forms

**Fluent Forms** offers **Taxonomy Fields** that allow you to group your posts based on categories, tags, and other taxonomies available on your WordPress site. 

> **Remember**, you will get this **Taxonomy Fields Module** only in a [Post Form](https://fluentforms.com/docs/how-to-create-a-post-form-with-fluent-forms/).

This article will guide you through adding the **Categories Taxonomy Field** in your Fluent Forms for your WordPress Site. This **Categories**field will allow your users to select any of your existing categories and submit their posts under the selected category directly through the form.

## Add Categories Field

To learn how to add the Categories field to the Post Forms in Fluent Forms, follow the steps with the screenshots below –  

First, go tothe**Forms**section from the **Fluent Forms Navbar,**chooseadesired**Post Form,**and click the **Pencil/Edit** icon to open the **Editor** page of that form. 

> If you don’t have an existing **Post Form**, read this [Documentation](https://fluentforms.com/docs/how-to-create-a-post-form-with-fluent-forms/) to create a new one. For example, I choose an existing Post Form to show the whole process. **Remember**, you will only get the **Categories** field under the **Post Forms**.

![1. Open desired Post form 5 scaled 49572](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1.-Open-desired-Post-form-5-scaled.webp)

Once you are on the **Editor** page, go to the **Input Fields**on the right sidebar and open the **Taxonomy Fields** dropdown list by clicking the **Arrow Icon**. Now, choose the **Categories**fieldby clicking on it or **Drag & Drop** it into your editor.

![2. Add Categories field scaled 49572](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2.-Add-Categories-field-scaled.webp)

## Customize Categories Field

You can see that a **Categories** field is added to the form. You can Edit or Customize this field by**hovering over it** and clicking the **Pencil Icon**.

It will take you to the **Input Customization** tab on the right side and offer you the following options for customizing the field.  

1. Categories
2. Advanced Options 

![3. Input Customization 7 scaled 49572](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/3.-Input-Customization-7-scaled.webp)

### 1. Categories

All the **Settings** under the **Categories**tab mentioned in the screenshot are briefly explained below – 

**A. Element Label**: This is the field Content that the users will see when filling out the **Categories**field in a form. You can enter any text here to help users understand the purpose of the field.

**B. Label Placement**: Using this option, you can determine the position of the label Content where the user will see this. The available options are **Top**, **Right**, **Bottom**, **Left**, **Hide** **Label**, and **Default.** All of those are self-explanatory except the Default. If you select the **Default** option, it will represent your global label placement settings.

**C. Admin Field Label**: The admin field label is a field that is displayed only to admin users. That means, if you want to show a different field label for your admin users when they view the form submissions, you can configure that using this option**.**

**D. Placeholder**: Here, you can set a desired text to guide your users about the purpose of the field. It is the equivalent of the HTML input placeholder attribute. The user will see this text when the input field is empty.

**E. Required:**Select the **Yes** radio button to make this field mandatory for users to fill in for successful form submission. Otherwise, check the **No** radio button to keep this field optional to fill in.

**F. Taxonomy Field Type**: Here, you will get **Four different options**to display your Categories Taxonomy Field. These are:

- **Radio**: Select this option if you want to display the category selection as a radio button, allowing users to choose one category from all available options.

- **Select**: Select this option if you want to display the category selection as a dropdown list button, allowing users to choose one category from all available options.

- **Multi-Select**: Select this option if you want to display the category selection as a dropdown list button, allowing users to choose one or more categories from all available options.

- **Checkbox**: Select this option if you want to display the category selection as a checkbox, allowing users to choose one or more categories from all available options.

![4. Categories options scaled 49572](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/4.-Categories-options-scaled.webp)

### 2. Advanced Options 

All the **Settings** under the **Advanced Options**tab mentioned in the screenshot are briefly explained below – 

**A. Default Value**: You can set a default value here to pre-populate the value of a field and enter it here. You can also set the value by using the **SamrtCodes**. To learn the details about SmartCodes, read this [Documentation](https://fluentforms.com/docs/form-editor-smart-codes/). 

**B. Container Class**: Use this option to add your custom CSS classes to the field’s wrapper.

**C. Element Class**: Add custom CSS classes to the input field itself. This is used for adding Custom CSS/JS for a specific input field of a form.

**D. Help Message**: You can use this option to guide your user thoroughly. Add your text here, which will be shown as a help message to the user. To learn more, read this Documentation.

**E. Name Attribute**: The input field’s name attribute is the HTML equivalent of the same name. You don’t need to modify this.

**F. Conditional Logic**: This option allows the coupon field to function conditionally based on your submission values according to your set of conditional logic/s. To learn more, read this [Documentation](https://fluentforms.com/docs/set-up-forms-with-conditional-logic-in-fluent-forms/).

![5. Advanced Options 8 scaled 49572](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/5.-Advanced-Options-8-scaled.webp)

## Configure Post Feed Settings

Lastly, **configuring** the **Post Feed** is **mandatory** to make your **Post Form** functional. It helps you map your added post fields for data collection and allows users to create more customized posts.

> [Click here](https://fluentforms.com/docs/how-to-create-a-post-form-with-fluent-forms/#5-toc-title) to learn how to use other settings options to complete the **Post Feed Configuration** process.

## Embed the Form into Frontend

To embed and display the form on a specific Page/Post on your site, **copy** the **Shortcode** from the top right side and **paste** it into your desired **Page/Post**.

Once you complete the customization, click the **Save** **Form** button to save all your changes.
Also, to see the form preview, click the **Preview & Design**buttonin the middle.

![6. Save Form 5 scaled 49572](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6.-Save-Form-5-scaled.webp)

## Preview of Categories field

Here is the preview of the added **Categories** field under the Post Form. Now, click the **Arrow Icon** to view all available categories on your site and select the one you need.

![7. Form Preview 2 scaled 49572](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/7.-Form-Preview-2-scaled.webp)

This way, you can easily add the **Categories** fields in Fluent Forms!
If you have any further questions, concerns, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact our [support team](https://wpmanageninja.com/support-tickets/?utm_source=wpmn&utm_medium=home&utm_campaign=site#/). Thank you.