diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 2328d1c92408..5676f6ffff3a 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@ whitelist:
 #  - <base_path>/tags/my-awesome-tag/index.html ~> path: /tags/
 #  - <base_path/categories/my-awesome-category/index.html ~> path: /categories/
 #  - <base_path/my-awesome-category/index.html ~> path: /
-categories:
+category_archive:
   type: liquid
   path: /categories/
-tags:
+tag_archive:
   type: liquid
   path: /tags/
 # https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-archives
diff --git a/_includes/category-list.html b/_includes/category-list.html
index 2347133fb2f3..77b135475faa 100644
--- a/_includes/category-list.html
+++ b/_includes/category-list.html
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 {% include base_path %}
 
-{% case site.categories.type %}
+{% case site.category_archive.type %}
   {% when "liquid" %}
     {% assign path_type = "#" %}
   {% when "jekyll-archives" %}
     {% assign path_type = nil %}
 {% endcase %}
 
-{% if site.categories.path %}
+{% if site.category_archive.path %}
   {% comment %}
     <!-- Sort alphabetically regardless of case e.g. a B c d E -->
     <!-- modified from http://www.codeofclimber.ru/2015/sorting-site-tags-in-jekyll/ -->
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     {% for hash in category_hashes %}
       {% assign keyValue = hash | split: '#' %}
       {% capture category_word %}{{ keyValue[1] | strip_newlines }}{% endcapture %}
-      <a href="{{ base_path }}{{ category_word | slugify | prepend: path_type | prepend: site.categories.path }}" class="page__taxonomy-item" rel="tag">{{ category_word }}</a>{% unless forloop.last %}<span class="sep">, </span>{% endunless %}
+      <a href="{{ base_path }}{{ category_word | slugify | prepend: path_type | prepend: site.category_archive.path }}" class="page__taxonomy-item" rel="tag">{{ category_word }}</a>{% unless forloop.last %}<span class="sep">, </span>{% endunless %}
     {% endfor %}
     </span>
   </p>
diff --git a/_includes/page__taxonomy.html b/_includes/page__taxonomy.html
index 53b5b8053fa3..5a0c39fc0272 100644
--- a/_includes/page__taxonomy.html
+++ b/_includes/page__taxonomy.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {% include base_path %}
 
-{% if site.tags.type and page.tags[0] %}
+{% if site.tag_archive.type and page.tags[0] %}
   {% include tag-list.html %}
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if site.categories.type and page.categories[0] %}
+{% if site.category_archive.type and page.categories[0] %}
   {% include category-list.html %}
 {% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_includes/tag-list.html b/_includes/tag-list.html
index 96fde1f45326..6e801f25ce82 100644
--- a/_includes/tag-list.html
+++ b/_includes/tag-list.html
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {% include base_path %}
 
-{% case site.tags.type %}
+{% case site.tag_archive.type %}
   {% when "liquid" %}
     {% assign path_type = "#" %}
   {% when "jekyll-archives" %}
     {% assign path_type = nil %}
 {% endcase %}
 
-{% if site.tags.path %}
+{% if site.tag_archive.path %}
   {% comment %}
     <!-- Sort alphabetically regardless of case e.g. a B c d E -->
     <!-- modified from http://www.codeofclimber.ru/2015/sorting-site-tags-in-jekyll/ -->
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     {% for hash in tag_hashes %}
       {% assign keyValue = hash | split: '#' %}
       {% capture tag_word %}{{ keyValue[1] | strip_newlines }}{% endcapture %}
-      <a href="{{ base_path }}{{ tag_word | slugify | prepend: path_type | prepend: site.tags.path }}" class="page__taxonomy-item" rel="tag">{{ tag_word }}</a>{% unless forloop.last %}<span class="sep">, </span>{% endunless %}
+      <a href="{{ base_path }}{{ tag_word | slugify | prepend: path_type | prepend: site.tag_archive.path }}" class="page__taxonomy-item" rel="tag">{{ tag_word }}</a>{% unless forloop.last %}<span class="sep">, </span>{% endunless %}
     {% endfor %}
     </span>
   </p>