Title: bs1's Replies | WordPress.org --- # bs1 [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Help? WordPress not letting me use word ‘makeup’ as a category slug for URLs.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-wordpress-not-letting-me-use-word-makeup-as-a-category-slug-for-urls/) * Thread Starter [bs1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/) * (@bs1) * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-wordpress-not-letting-me-use-word-makeup-as-a-category-slug-for-urls/#post-743439) * Hi TrishaM, * Thanks so much for the reply. You’re the first person to offer any suggestions so far. * I did something very similar to what you’ve described, creating a new temporary category (and then making it the default WP category for a couple moments), deleting the makeup category, and then recreating the makeup category and moving the posts back into it. It didn’t work, but what I neglected to do at the time was go through phpMyAdmin after deleting the makeup category to look for traces of it in the db. * This weekend I’ll give it another try, making sure to go through the phpMyAdmin after deleting the makeup category and before adding it back. Unfortunately, it takes quite a long while to do with 84 posts because even though WP will re- assign post categories to the default category, whatever it is, it only does so when a post has a single category assigned to it. In every instance on my wife’s blog, her posts have multiple categories. * Thanks again for the suggestion. I’ll let you know how it goes. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Links to all posts in one category suddenly broken!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-to-all-posts-in-one-category-suddenly-broken/) * Thread Starter [bs1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/) * (@bs1) * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-to-all-posts-in-one-category-suddenly-broken/#post-739309) * *bump* * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Links to all posts in one category suddenly broken!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-to-all-posts-in-one-category-suddenly-broken/) * Thread Starter [bs1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/) * (@bs1) * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-to-all-posts-in-one-category-suddenly-broken/#post-739270) * *bump again* * Hello, guys. I’ve been bumping this plea for help for a few days now. Just hoping to get some assistance. Does anyone out there have any ideas for me?? * Thanks in advance. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Links to all posts in one category suddenly broken!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-to-all-posts-in-one-category-suddenly-broken/) * Thread Starter [bs1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/) * (@bs1) * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-to-all-posts-in-one-category-suddenly-broken/#post-739205) * *bump* * Please. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Every post in a single category have broken URL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-post-in-a-single-category-have-broken-url/) * Thread Starter [bs1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/) * (@bs1) * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-post-in-a-single-category-have-broken-url/#post-738494) * *bump bump* * I’ve spent a couple hours now going through the forum here, but haven’t found anything matching the type of issue I’m having. * It’s not life/death now that the .htaccess redirect is in place, but something suddenly caused the word makeup to stop being a valid slug. I concerned that it could happen again to one of the blog’s other categories. * I would appreciate any assistance or insight anyone can offer. Thank you. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Every post in a single category have broken URL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-post-in-a-single-category-have-broken-url/) * Thread Starter [bs1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/) * (@bs1) * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-post-in-a-single-category-have-broken-url/#post-738451) * *bump* (or should I say begging?) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Every post in a single category have broken URL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-post-in-a-single-category-have-broken-url/) * Thread Starter [bs1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bs1/) * (@bs1) * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-post-in-a-single-category-have-broken-url/#post-738394) * As a temporary fix I added a permanent redirect in my .htaccess file, but I would still like to know why I cannot use the word ‘makeup’ as a category slug but can use any other word. * Any ideas, folks? * Thanks in advance. 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