You can add this line to the code which registers your Custom Post Type:
'taxonomies' => array( 'category' ),
Or you could add Taxonomies rather than categories:
add_action( 'init', 'cpt_type_taxonomy' );
function cpt_type_taxonomy() {
register_taxonomy( 'portfolio-type', 'portfolio',
array(
'labels' => array(
'name' => _x( 'Types', 'taxonomy general name', 'theme' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Portfolio Type', 'theme' ),
'new_item_name' => __( 'New Portfolio Type', 'theme' ),
),
'exclude_from_search' => true,
'has_archive' => true,
'hierarchical' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'portfolio-type', 'with_front' => false ),
'show_ui' => true,
'show_tagcloud' => false,
)
);
}
Then add this line to the code which registers your Custom Post Type.
'taxonomies' => array( 'portfolio-type' ),
Here’s all the code which registers a Custom Post Type:
add_action( 'init', 'register_custom_post_type' );
function register_custom_post_type() {
register_post_type( 'portfolio',
array(
'labels' => array(
'name' => __( 'Portfolio', 'theme' ),
'singular_name' => __( 'Portfolio', 'theme' ),
),
'has_archive' => true,
'hierarchical' => true,
'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-icon-name',
'public' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'portfolio', 'with_front' => false ),
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'trackbacks', 'custom-fields', 'revisions', 'page-attributes' ),
'taxonomies' => array( 'portfolio-type' ),
)
);
}