# About the Categories API

The Categories API allows you to get and query blog categories. Categories let Wix users sort blog posts into different topics covered on a site. This gives site visitors an idea of what the Wix user's blog posts are about, and makes it easier for them to find relevant content.

There can be up to 100 categories per language on a blog, and up to 10 categories per post. Categories appear in the Category Menu in the order they were created.

With the Wix Categories API, you can:

- List, create, update, and delete categories.
- Retrieve categories by their slug.
- Query categories based on specific criteria.
- Enable users to organize and categorize content efficiently.

## Terminology

- **Post**: A published article on a blog site. It is also referred to as a publication. A blog can have up to 100K posts.
- **Draft Post**: An article written by a site owner, blog editor, blog writer, or a guest writer that is not yet published.
- **Category**: A group of similar and related posts. A post can be assigned to a maximum of 10 categories.
- **Tag**: A way to further sort and organize blog posts. Tags provide the ability to filter blog posts.

@sdk_package_setup

# Categories: Supported Filters and Sorting

The following table shows field support for filters and sorting
for the Category object:

| Field             | Supported Filters                                                                        | Sortable |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| `id`              | `$eq`, `$ne`, `$hasSome`                                                                 |          |
| `title`           | `$eq`, `$ne`, `$contains`, `$startsWith`, `$endsWith`, `$hasSome`,`$lt`, `$lte`, `$gt`, `$gte`, `$exists`, `$in` | Sortable |
| `label`           | `$eq`, `$ne`, `$contains`, `$startsWith`, `$endsWith`, `$hasSome`,`$lt`, `$lte`, `$gt`, `$gte`, `$exists`, `$in` | Sortable |
| `postCount`       | `$eq`, `$ne`, `$lt`, `$lte`, `$gt`, `$gte`, `$in`                                        | Sortable |
| `displayPosition` | `$eq`, `$ne`, `$lt`, `$lte`, `$gt`, `$gte`, `$in`                                        | Sortable |
| `translationId`   | `$eq`, `$ne`, `$exists`, `$in`                                                           |          |
| `language`        | `$eq`, `$ne`, `$exists`, `$in`                                                           | Sortable |
| `slug`            | `$hasSome`, `$hasAll`                                                                    | Sortable |


__Related content:__
[API Query Language](portalId::d1972c09-74e2-4d36-a6f2-54e3310d4ad9resourceId::8158a590-f60c-4606-9fed-16a34e275f3a*fallback::https://dev.wix.com/api/rest/getting-started/api-query-language),
[Query endpoint](fallback::https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-solutions/blog/category/query-categories)

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