Title: Categories do not work
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Categories do not work

 *  Resolved [kpehgejib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kpehgejib/)
 * (@kpehgejib)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/)
 * Hello. The problem is that when i click on any of the categories all the posts
   remain to stay at the front page, nothing changes.
    Running 2.9.2
 * Hope to see any advices. Thank you.

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 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425167)
 * It helps to post a link to the site.
 *  Thread Starter [kpehgejib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kpehgejib/)
 * (@kpehgejib)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425196)
 * Oh, sorry. [http://www.panorama.ee/](http://www.panorama.ee/)
 *  [geneous_tapa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geneous_tapa/)
 * (@geneous_tapa)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425200)
 * when u make a new post do u select the correct Catagory for each new posts ???
 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425222)
 * That’s interesting. The links appear to be correct. Have you tried updating your
   permalink structure?
 *  Thread Starter [kpehgejib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kpehgejib/)
 * (@kpehgejib)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425245)
 * geneous_tapa, you, i do.
 * SS_Minnow, no. How can i do that?
 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425268)
 * In Settings > Permalinks
 *  Thread Starter [kpehgejib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kpehgejib/)
 * (@kpehgejib)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425372)
 * Yay! Many thanks, it’s working now!
 * :claps:
 *  [shylmysten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shylmysten/)
 * (@shylmysten)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425601)
 * I am having this same problem. Just upgraded to 3.1. Not sure if the upgrade 
   was the problem or not, as I have not checked the links in some time. However,
   when I click on the links to the articles themselves, and then click on the category
   on THAT page, this action also takes me back to the home page.
    Inserting a tag
   instead of category seems to solve this issue, however, I don’t want a menu of
   my tags. Changed my permalink structure using the first radio button and that
   seemed to work, however, i am trying to use a pretty permalink structure and 
   using the post number is not very SEO friendly. Whenever I use any of the other
   radio buttons, since my navigation menu is listed by category, it just returns
   me to the front page, no matter what I do, or how I try I can’t get my navigation
   to work using category. I have category pages set up in my template. If anyone
   can help me with this, I sure would appreciate it. My website is [http://www.outdoorcentral.com](http://www.outdoorcentral.com).
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425602)
 * Have you tried:
 * – working through the solutions suggested in [Troubleshooting WordPress 3.1 – Master List](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-31-master-list)
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 *  [shylmysten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shylmysten/)
 * (@shylmysten)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-do-not-work-1/#post-1425603)
 * thanks, this helped, it was simple-tags that was breaking my permalink structure.

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