BuddyPress Daily: The category you are trying to create already exists.

Hi,

I’m getting this message when trying to create a new category: economy.

The category you are trying to create already exists.

The name is used to identify the category almost everywhere, for example under the post or in the category widget.

Here is what I did, I changed the main category uncategorized to economy but because I did that it would not show up on the main page of the BP Daily theme. (Don’t ask why I would do this in the first place; my glass isn’t even half full)

Therefore; I changed it back to Uncategorized and now when I try and input the category economy it gives me the message above.

I have already gone into the table and changed the name of the category and now have deleted it but still no effect.

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much in advance and if you need anything from me please let me know.

Thank you!

  • KaleH
    • Flash Drive

    @Tammie: Hi Tammie, Thanks for your help again! Sorry about last time, no disrespect intended. I switched themes and tried to input the category and I got the same message. Is there another table that particular category could be located in that is causing the issue perhaps?

  • KaleH
    • Flash Drive

    @Tammie: Hey Tammie, I fixed it.

    Here is what I did.

    I went to phpadmin and searched all the tables for the word “economy” and found in the table wp_1_terms:

    name slug

    Uncategorized economy

    Which is odd because the slug in the wordpress back-end was uncategorized…

    So, I changed the slug to uncategorized and then inputed the category economy just fine.

    Now, in the table: wp_1_terms its says:

    name slug

    Economy economy

    What is that table for exactly?

    Thanks