Title: Bulk category assignment not working
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Bulk category assignment not working

 *  Resolved [johema](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johema/)
 * (@johema)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-category-assignment-not-working/)
 * Bulk editing has suddenly stopped allowing me to add a category. Every other 
   bulk change I’ve tried works perfectly, but adding a category is ignored. The
   selected files moves from Bulk edit waiting to In-process and to Complete, but
   instead of “success” the are labeled “unchanged”.
    This worked flawlessly in 
   the previous version.
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 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-category-assignment-not-working/#post-5675273)
 * Thank you for this report. You have found a defect in the handling of the “Categories”
   taxonomy updates introduced in the most recent MLA version, v2.00.
 * I have found and fixed the bug, and you have three choices for getting the fix
   to your site:
    1. I have added the fix to the Development Version, available on the Developers
       tab here in the Repository. You can install the Development Version to get the
       fix. The Development Version also contains other significant changes to the 
       taxonomy-handling code for Bulk Edits which should improve its performance. 
       I have tested these changes thoroughly, but you may not want to be an early 
       adopter.
    2. I can send you an interim MLA version by e-mail which would contain this fix
       but not the other Bulk Edit enhancements.
    3. You can wait for the next version, which will contain the fix.
 * Let me know what you would like to do. I encourage you to try the new, higher-
   performance code, but I understand that may not be possible. If you want an interim
   fix, you can give me your contact information at our web site:
 * [Fair Trade Judaica/Contact Us](http://fairtradejudaica.org/our-story/contact-us/)
 * Thanks again for alerting me to this defect. I will leave this topic unresolved
   until the next MLA version is released.
 *  Thread Starter [johema](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johema/)
 * (@johema)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-category-assignment-not-working/#post-5675348)
 * I went ahead with option 1. and I can confirm that it works.
    I’ll let you know
   if I detect anything “fishy” 😉 Thanks for the quick response.
 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-category-assignment-not-working/#post-5675391)
 * Yea! Thanks for the good news and for going ahead with the Development Version.
 * I will mark this topic resolved when the fix goes out in my next MLA version.
   Let me know if anything comes up in the interim; thanks again for your help.
 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-category-assignment-not-working/#post-5675517)
 * I have released MLA v2.01, which contains the “Categories” mapping fix discussed
   above.
 * I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems
   or further questions regarding the fix. Thanks for your help and for your interest
   in the plugin.

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 * Last reply from: [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-category-assignment-not-working/#post-5675517)
 * Status: resolved