How to Add a Priority in Jira

Quick summary

Adding a Priority field in Jira allows teams to rank and manage issue urgency directly on the board. You can enable it through Project settings by adding Priority as an issue type field and saving your changes.

Steps

1. Click Project settings from your Jira board.
2. Select Issue types from the project settings menu.
3. Under Suggested fields, locate the Priority option and click on it to add it.
4. Click Save changes to apply the Priority field to your issue type.
5. Confirm the notification that appears to verify the Priority field has been successfully added.
6. Your Jira issues can now be prioritized using the newly added Priority field.