Title: WP Database Error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WP Database Error

 *  Resolved [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * (@ronchicago)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-error-1-2/)
 * I have the following error, what does it mean. What do I do? Thanks.
 * WordPress database error: [Unknown column ‘cat_1’ in ‘order clause’]
    SELECT *
   FROM wp_categories WHERE cat_ID > 0 AND link_count > 0 ORDER BY cat_1 ASC

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 *  [drmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drmike/)
 * (@drmike)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-error-1-2/#post-526052)
 * A search for your error turns up this thread with solution.
 * Hope this helps,
    -drmike
 *  Thread Starter [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * (@ronchicago)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-error-1-2/#post-526366)
 * drmike, just found this post and your response. this rss feed does not take me
   anywhere at this time. i notice that quite a few themes have this error. i am
   using one that does not at the moment = k2
 * ron

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

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 * Last reply from: [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-error-1-2/#post-526366)
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