Add WordPress categories to podcast episodes in Seriously Simple Podcasting

To include your blog categories in your podcast episodes, you need to add the following code snippets to your theme or child theme.

Adding Code Snippets using the Code Snippets plugin

Code Snippets (developed and supported by Code Snippets B.V) is a safe way to add code snippets to your WordPress page.

1. Install and activate the Code Snippets plugin
2. Download the .json file for enabling categories on Podcasts using Code Snippets

Adding Code Snippets Manually

First, add this snippet:

add_action( 'init', 'ssp_add_categories_to_podcast', 15 );
function ssp_add_categories_to_podcast () {
   register_taxonomy_for_object_type( 'category', 'podcast' );
}

This will add the blog categories to your podcast episodes in the dashboard. However, it won't affect the front-end of your website.

To make the episodes appear in the category archives on your website, you need to add this second code snippet as well:

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'ssp_add_podcast_to_category_archives' );
function ssp_add_podcast_to_category_archives( $query ){

  if( is_admin() ) {
    return; 
  }
  
if( $query->is_tax('category') || $query->is_category()) {
    $query->set('post_type', array( 'post', 'podcast' ) );
  }
}