Title: ajohn2012's Replies | WordPress.org --- # ajohn2012 [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Categories not showing up in dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/#post-2892411) * That line doesn’t show up in the header.php file of any of my themes. That seems odd, right? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Categories not showing up in dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/#post-2892409) * I’ll give it a try, thank you. It either just happened on it’s own or after I updated the last time and I just didn’t notice. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Categories not showing up in dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/#post-2892402) * Yes, also old categories are not showing up there which is the more pressing issue. Also if I try to add new posts or edit old posts, the list of categories is blank. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Categories not showing up in dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/#post-2892399) * No categories are showing up in the dashboard. The parent dropdown also says “ none”. However it says 3 categories exist if you look at the screenshot. [http://i.imgur.com/Am1YP.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Am1YP.jpg) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Categories not showing up in dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-not-showing-up-in-dashboard/#post-2892394) * They’re not showing up in the dashboard on the categories page. It’s a blank list. What do you mean about adding them to the menu? * Screenshot: [http://i.imgur.com/Am1YP.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Am1YP.jpg) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Moving from /blog to root – how do I keep my old urls?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/#post-2617583) * I know about the image links, it’s just anything database related that is confusing me. Hmm, okay. Thank you for the help! I wish the instructions were written more clearly for beginners, but I get the feeling that this is not really a place for beginners. * Thank you for taking the time to explain it to me anyway! * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Moving from /blog to root – how do I keep my old urls?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/#post-2617542) * Thank you Esmi. If I don’t care about my current content will I run into problems just deleting my current wordpress files from the /blog directory and reinstalling wordpress in the root directory without doing anything to the database? * Why would I need a fresh database to import the old entries? I am getting the feeling that this support community caters to a more educated user but I would be very thankful for any guidance you can provide. Thank you for your help. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Moving from /blog to root – how do I keep my old urls?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/#post-2617533) * Why, is it not possible to export my posts through the tools menu and then import them again later? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Moving from /blog to root – how do I keep my old urls?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/#post-2617528) * I’m not asking for a step by step, I’m asking a specific question. * Also you can export and import entries through wordpress under the tools menu so I don’t understand what you’re saying there. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Moving from /blog to root – how do I keep my old urls?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/#post-2617526) * I think I see a way to keep my blog entries showing up at blog/entry-name using/ blog/wp-admin/options-permalink.php under the optional base categories field. * If someone can just answer my second question that would be great. Do I need to mess around with my database? Can I just delete my current wordpress files and install the latest version in the root directory? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Moving from /blog to root – how do I keep my old urls?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/) * Thread Starter [ajohn2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajohn2012/) * (@ajohn2012) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-blog-to-root-how-do-i-keep-my-old-urls/#post-2617514) * Yes, I don’t understand it, that’s why I posted in the support forum. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total)