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09-25-2013, 04:25 AM #1Aspiring Evangelist
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I can't delete the categories in Wordpress
Hi all,
On my blog I have few categories which I am not using anymore. They have 0 posts and I want to delete them but when deleting the categories they are not being deleted.
Here is the screenshot when I hit the delete button - http://i.imgur.com/7EHsCqI.jpg
It just stuck there and doesn't delete categories, when I refresh the page the categories are still there.
How can I delete them? I need to delete them because in Google Webmaster Tools I am getting error message about these categories.Professional Banner Design :: Complete Satisfaction & Fast Turnaround
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09-25-2013, 05:14 AM #2Junior Guru Wannabe
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I don't suppose that category is the default category, just renamed, is it?
It might just be the default category.
Go to "Settings" and then "Writing" and set a default category (other than the one that you can't delete) then try again.
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09-25-2013, 09:04 AM #3Aspiring Evangelist
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No, the default category is "uncategorized", I don't have any post in that category.
I installed a plugin wp-cleanfix and it deleted all those categories for me.
But I still don't understand why they were unable to delete in the first place.Professional Banner Design :: Complete Satisfaction & Fast Turnaround
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09-25-2013, 09:23 AM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Ah, it's just more often than not, people cannot delete the categories as they've set them as the default category.
Chances are, it's a plugin that is interfering with the "delete category" process.
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09-25-2013, 09:38 AM #6Aspiring Evangelist
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^ Nope, I was using Firefox and didn't think of changing browser because tags were deleting fine just categories were not getting deleted.
I have got the issue fixed now so can't check it now.Professional Banner Design :: Complete Satisfaction & Fast Turnaround
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