Title: got new problem, please help
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# got new problem, please help

 *  [mstamper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstamper/)
 * (@mstamper)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-new-problem-please-help/)
 * this is what i get after i post . i have done 2 other posts with the same response.
   please explain and tell me how to fix it.
    7/27/2004 first blog post Filed under:
   Fatal error: Call to undefined function: the_category() in /home/mstamper/public_html/
   blog/index.php on line 40 is there something else i need to check now? mark

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 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-new-problem-please-help/#post-77089)
 * the_category() is a wordpress function. Check if the
    wp-includes directory :
   a) exists b) has all the files, like the wordpress package has c) has permission
   set correctly to atleast 644 d) all the files in the directory have the right
   permissions.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-new-problem-please-help/#post-77108)
 * A link would be very useful ………..
 *  Thread Starter [mstamper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstamper/)
 * (@mstamper)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-new-problem-please-help/#post-77119)
 * i reloaded several files in the includes and all is fixed now. you can see my
   blog at [http://www.homebuilderssc.com/blog](http://www.homebuilderssc.com/blog)
   
   thanks mark

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-new-problem-please-help/#post-77119)
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