Title: Uncategorized and Archives
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Uncategorized and Archives

 *  [ericaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericaf/)
 * (@ericaf)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/)
 * When I make a post it goes into uncategorized. Dont know why. Then when I click
   on the hyper link under uncategorized I get page can’g be found same with Archives.
   How do I correct this?

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/#post-252884)
 * Create other categories, and post in them instead. If you want, you can rename
   Uncategorized to something a little more sensible.
 * You can also remove all mention/links to categories on your blog, if it’s something
   you don’t need or want to deal with. It’s up to you.
 *  [Ming](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ming/)
 * (@ming)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/#post-252887)
 * Check under Options -> Writing and you’ll see there’s a ‘default post category’.
   That’s where you can change the ‘uncategorized’ category. Does that solve your
   problem or is there more?
 *  Thread Starter [ericaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericaf/)
 * (@ericaf)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/#post-252889)
 * Well, I need to show the post or I should say I would like for people to have
   the ability to read them. I also have the same problem if I click on previuos
   page.
 * Where am I supposed to be linking Uncategorized, Archives and previuos page?
 * Thank you for your time.
    Eric
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/#post-252895)
 * “_Where am I supposed to be linking Uncategorized, Archives and previuos page?_“
 * WordPress takes care of this for you. The only thing you have to be concerned
   about is *if* you display them, and where, on your templates. There are various
   [template tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags) for this.
 * Categories and archives are just different ways WordPress organizes posts. You
   can organize posts under topics (i.e. categories), and offer both ways for readers
   to reach them, or just one, or neither. Again, it’s up to you.
 *  Thread Starter [ericaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericaf/)
 * (@ericaf)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/#post-252897)
 * Kafkaesqui, Thank you but I ma totally lost. I use a program that automatically
   post to the blog. That work great. But when I click on the link under uncat—previous
   page–archive it goes nowhere. I have not found were I can change this.
    I am 
   missing something
 * Eric
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/#post-252903)
 * ericaf, sorry but I didn’t understand your original issue.
 * Try resetting your permalinks to the default (no structure). Then check with 
   your host to see if they support .htaccess and mod_rewrite, which are needed 
   to use “virtual” links. You could also try passing your permalink structure through
   index.php (see the example on your permalinks options page).
 *  Thread Starter [ericaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericaf/)
 * (@ericaf)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/#post-252917)
 * Thank You,
 * I went in a got rid what I had put in the permalink structure and everything 
   works fine.
 * Why if I put something in the structure other that default it does not work the
   same?
 * eric
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/#post-252930)
 * As I sort of note above, a web server must support use of the .htaccess file 
   as well as what’s called mod_rewrite, which are the Apache rewrite rules that
   let you customize your links.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 8 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncategorized-and-archives/#post-252930)
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