Title: Problem with Parent Categories
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problem with Parent Categories

 *  [skenns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skenns/)
 * (@skenns)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-parent-categories/)
 * I had this problem with a previous install, so I reinstalled WordPress 3.3.1 
   and… the problem is still there. Here’s the problem:
 * Whenever I select a category for a post and that category has a parent category,
   I get a popup box on the front end of my site that says “Authentication Required.”
   If I change the category to one without a a parent or remove the parent category
   all together, the authentication popup goes away.
 * Any thoughts on this would be appreciated, I kind of like having parent categories.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-parent-categories/#post-2651345)
 * Have you tried:
 * – 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 Eleven 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.

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## Tags

 * [authentication](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/authentication/)
 * [authentication required](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/authentication-required/)
 * [categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/categories/)
 * [popup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/popup/)
 * [troubleshooting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/troubleshooting/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-parent-categories/#post-2651345)
 * Status: not resolved

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