 configuring taxonomy goal create a taxonomy vocabulary and add a reference field for that vocabulary to a content entity see managing taxonomy for information about taxonomy and managing content structure for more on content entities who can configure a taxonomy vocabulary  users with the administer vocabularies and terms permission can configure a vocabulary to add a field in the administrative interface the core field ui module must be installed and you will also need the administer fields permission for the entity you are adding the field to steps in the manage administrative menu navigate to structure   taxonomy  click add vocabulary  in the name field enter a name for the vocabulary for example ingredients which is how it will be shown in the administrative interface optionally add a description click save  your vocabulary will be created and you will see the page that lists all the terms in this vocabulary optionally click add term to add a term to the new vocabulary in the name field enter the term name for example butter click save  you will receive a confirmation about the term you created you may optionally continue to add more terms if you have the field ui module installed follow the instructions on the related adding a reference field to an entity subtype topic to add a taxonomy reference field to the entity type of your choice the settings page will allow you to choose the vocabulary that you created as the vocabulary to reference you may also want to configure the display and form display of the new field see related topics  additional resources setting up a taxonomy drupal user guide  