Deleting ‘Uncategorized’

  • How do I delete the category ‘Uncategorized’?

    I made sure another category is default (Options/Writing), but it still says that it’s default, so I cannot delete it.

    Is there any way around this?

    The reason I ask, is because I don’t want it to be displayed in the category list; I cannot sort alphabetically if empty categories are hidden.

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  • thats a bummer, because it means you physically have to uncheck the default category every time. oh well…

    Why on earth should there have to be a default category?

    I am setting up a WordPress installation for someone who wants it to be as easy as possible to publish their content. Having to manually uncheck the default category box is an unnecessary burden, and they are likely to forget it, resulting in a semantical mess.

    Until the WordPress team gets around to fixing this issue, is there some workaround?

    I don’t get this either. I have about 40 categorizes on my site. Every time I add an entry I have to hunt down the “Uncategorized” button and uncheck it. This is a real pain in the behind!!! I do NOT want to name it to any other particular default name because I’ll just have to hunt down that category and uncheck it 99% of the time.

    Dang, this is a silly unchangeable default. This is the only thing about WordPress (so far) that bugs me – and it bugs me each and every time I post!!

    My “solution” is to rename it “@@@Uncat” so it shows up on the top of my categories list so I’ll hopefully see it each time to uncheck it, but, inevitably on every 5th post or so I forget and have to clean it up when I notice it in the future. Argh!!

    …Dale

    So scrap using categories altogether. Use tags instead. A bunch of tag plugins for WP. Ultimate Tag Warrior seems to be one of the more popular ones.

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