Title: Categories Problem " Cannot insert term into database"
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Categories Problem " Cannot insert term into database"

 *  [Esquivelia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esquivelia/)
 * (@esquivelia)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-problem-cannot-insert-term-into-database/)
 * Having problem adding new categories.
    I get: “Cannot insert term into the database”
 * I see other similar threads for this but with different errors.
 * Anyone seen this one before?
 * Thanks! Cory-

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-problem-cannot-insert-term-into-database/#post-2659618)
 * Have you tried repairing your database?
 *  Thread Starter [Esquivelia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esquivelia/)
 * (@esquivelia)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-problem-cannot-insert-term-into-database/#post-2659664)
 * Thanks for the response!
 * can you elaborate? I’m not sure I know what you mean.
 * Thanks Cory-
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-problem-cannot-insert-term-into-database/#post-2659680)
 * [http://php.about.com/od/mysqladministration/qt/repair_mysql.htm](http://php.about.com/od/mysqladministration/qt/repair_mysql.htm)
 *  Thread Starter [Esquivelia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esquivelia/)
 * (@esquivelia)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-problem-cannot-insert-term-into-database/#post-2659761)
 * Repairing database does not solve issue.

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## Tags

 * [categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/categories/)
 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Esquivelia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esquivelia/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-problem-cannot-insert-term-into-database/#post-2659761)
 * Status: not resolved

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