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1. thenextwave
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   When I try to rename an existing Category to a previously deleted Category's name, I get a vague error about the rename failing.

   A peak in the wp_terms table reveals that Categories deleted from Manage Categories aren't actually deleted - they still exist in the database. Meaning I cannot add a category with the same name again.

   This is not the behavior I was expecting.

   My question is: How can I readd deleted Categories or rename an existing Category to something that was deleted?

2. cili
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm having trouble with this too. Does anyone have any suggestions?

3. hotkee
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Rename the deleted in the database, and create a new one in the frontend

4. cili
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Sorry I'm a newbie- can you tell me how to rename it in the database? Do I have to edit a php file?

5. thenextwave
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Cili - you need to use a database administration tool, like phpMyAdmin, to edit fields in the database.

   I think my real problem with this is not renaming a category in the database, it's that WordPress does not actually *delete* anything from the table. It is not the expected behavior.

6. cusoon
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thank you thenextwave !!!
   but which rows of database must be delete?

   thanks again

7. cusoon
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   is a plugin for debuging this ?

8. lukep
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I was having a variation of this problem too. Whenever I had created a SUB (nested) category in a post (instead of directly on the category page) I'd get a long slug for that category that included the parent category in it, like this:

   /parent-category-todays-category/

   Worst of all, when I deleted it, it could only be added back again with that exact same slug again. :( - So naturally something had to be living in the DB with that slug in it.

   I was ripping my hair out over this until I found this thread,and looked in the wp_terms table in my PhpMyAdmin.

   Inside there, under the 'slug' column, I found the offender and deleted the record. It took all of 2 seconds.

   When I went to the category page to remake the cat, it finally worked. Woo-hoo!

   Note to WP Gurus:
   How about a fix for the post-page-nested-category issue in WP 2.9?

   Hope this helps someone else out there-
   Luke

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