Categories missing from list after update

try “wppizza->tools->repair categories” (read the blurb next to it)
let me know if that solves this issue

i still have no idea why this sometimes (albeit rarely) happens, but i believe th eabove fixes it

actually, hold on , i just had the same happen to me here and the repair did not work.
bear with me for a bit, i’ll see if i can at least make the “repair” work again

i’ll post back when i know more

quick question – maybe that’s related:
were any of your categories nested ? (i’e had a parent category ?)

Thanks for such quick response, this resolved 1 or the 2 categories!One is still not showing and can’t be remade.

None of my categories were nested.

>None of my categories were nested.
ok, thanks

will get back to you when i know more

the still show up / work in the frontend , right ?

It’s interesting, the menu items show up in the menu item list, showing the category next to them. But in the category list that category doesn’t show, but like I said before the category count includes it. I have the shortcode for breakfast on the breakfast page and they just don’t show up on the site. I thought it was a problem with Elementor, because strangely while editing in elementor on the main page the items show in the editor, but I have the shortcode on a page that doesn’t use elementor and it isn’t working there either.

may i ask you something ?
how comfortable are you with editing php files and or looking at some db entries ?

PS: thanks for the review btw. much appreciated

Not at all.

I am pretty much an amateur, but I would be willing to try.

I was reading over some of the older posts about similar issues, decided to add a new category. Then I refreshed and everything showed back up…weird quirky problem. But seems resolved as of now.
Thanks for your super responsive help!!!!

ah, but the new category isn’t showing in the list, but I don’t need it…

i was gonna say. you probably cured the symptom, but not the problem
as it happens, i think i might have found the culprit (after more than 2 years ! of looking for it)

i’ll just need to do a bit more testing and will make an update available
once it’s there (will be 3.1.2) and you’ve updated the plugin i would appreciate some feedback from your end if even the category you do not need will now show up

thanks

(i think we can skip the editing php files and db stuff now)