--- title: How to use the Blog Post Taxonomies widget? description: Learn how to use the Blog Post Staxonomies widget to show categories, tags, or custom taxonomies within a Blog Post --- [Skip to content](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/how-to-use-the-blog-post-taxonomies-widget#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Submit a Ticket](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/kb-tickets/new) [![MD Logo 1\_Black-2](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/MD%20Logo%201_Black-2.png?width=200&height=73&name=MD%20Logo%201_Black-2.png)](https://ministrydesigns.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Submit a Ticket](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/kb-tickets/new) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Ministry Designs Success Hub](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/) 2. [Sites (Formerly Omega)](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/sites-formerly-omega) 3. [Blog](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/sites-formerly-omega#blog) # How to use the Blog Post Taxonomies widget? ## Display taxonomies for individual blog posts 1\. Post Taxonomies is a widget that allows you to show the list of your categories/tags of a [newly created taxonomy](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/how-to-create-custom-taxonomies-in-a-blog) that are assigned to Blog posts. This widget can only be used in [Blog Templates - Post](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/how-to-edit-the-blog-post-template) tab Drag and drop the Post Taxonomies widget onto the Blog Post Template page ![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-04-13/555f67a4-de05-4dbe-9191-fd68ac4c4757/ascreenshot.jpeg?tl_px=0,325&br_px=860,806&force_format=jpeg&q=100&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=0.7&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/FB923C_standard.png&wat_pad=199,343) 2\. Select the Post Taxonomies widget to edit the Settings described further ![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-04-13/88333e6c-c67e-493d-b591-88c160fc61db/ascreenshot.jpeg?tl_px=1012,146&br_px=1920,653&force_format=jpeg&q=100&width=907&wat_scale=80&wat=1&wat_opacity=0.7&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/FB923C_standard.png&wat_pad=349,220) 3\. Select the newly created taxonomy from the dropdown ![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-04-13/9c50e2b5-8d38-49f0-8c2c-01fd403d85c9/ascreenshot.jpeg?tl_px=1060,145&br_px=1920,626&force_format=jpeg&q=100&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=0.7&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/FB923C_standard.png&wat_pad=681,212) 4\. Specify the Title for the Post Taxonomies ![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-04-13/6cd95046-d1e5-4817-adec-63af3221ae23/ascreenshot.jpeg?tl_px=1060,87&br_px=1920,568&force_format=jpeg&q=100&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=0.7&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/FB923C_standard.png&wat_pad=711,212) 5\. You can also specify Vertical Alignment for the Post Taxonomies title. Top, middle, and bottom options are available ![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-04-13/cd4f104a-bc8b-4ca2-b287-22960bd3b9ca/ascreenshot.jpeg?tl_px=1060,174&br_px=1920,655&force_format=jpeg&q=100&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=0.7&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/FB923C_standard.png&wat_pad=669,212) The rest of the features here - Spacing, Devices & Alignment, Visible On are common features in most widgets in the website builder. Please refer to [this guide](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/what-are-the-shared-features-in-the-website-builder) for more information on these features. 6\. Switch to the Design tab ![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-04-13/187651da-cc0b-4846-a660-6aff13e60b5d/ascreenshot.jpeg?tl_px=1060,0&br_px=1920,480&force_format=jpeg&q=100&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=0.7&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/FB923C_standard.png&wat_pad=755,184) 7\. Select a Preset for the Post Taxonomies and [the Text Style](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/how-to-use-text-styles-in-website-builder) for the title Presets are predefined designs that allow users to quickly apply a specific style or layout to a widget. You can customize the preset style in the [Design section](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/how-do-you-edit-presets-in-widgets) ![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-04-13/fa6a00cd-7f5f-4131-ad46-e33921348d03/ascreenshot.jpeg?tl_px=1060,66&br_px=1920,547&force_format=jpeg&q=100&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=0.7&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/FB923C_standard.png&wat_pad=713,212) 8\. Click "Save" to confirm the changes ![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-04-13/ef14620e-32f8-4078-b605-c969b9a3542b/ascreenshot.jpeg?tl_px=1060,0&br_px=1920,480&force_format=jpeg&q=100&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=0.7&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/FB923C_standard.png&wat_pad=774,58) 9\. 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