Category will not delete

Is it still listed on the “Categories” page in the admin area, or does it just appear on your site ?

Thamk you for replying.I have four posts on my page and it appears in all of them,it also has it in admin area as a category and when I tick the delete box and apply nothing happens…?I must say this is the first time I have used WordPress and am not that formiliar with using code.

Is the category you are trying to delete the default category ?

I do not believe it is.If I let you look at my site will it be easier for you to help me…?

Yes, I think it will be.

Reviews of Debt Relief Companies is the category that will not delete,this is the Url to the site https://wp.me/1vI4T

Sorry for the delay getting back to you, the last few days have been pretty hectic.

I’ll get onto this tomorrow – without fail !

Just thought I’d let you know.

Cheers

Mark

I’ve had a look at your site, but the categories are not showing up.

What are the exact steps you took to delete the category ?

Also, can you list all of your categories & indicate the one you tried to delete & also which one is set as the default.

If you have access to the dashboard there is only one category listed,I highlighted the name and hit delete,nothing happened.
On the page there are 4 posts at the head of each one there is a icon of a folder an the words ‘Reviews of Debt Relief Companies’
I would not mind it being there so much if it could actually go to the review page which is https://www.sandysbestreviewscentral.com/debtrelief/
If you can make it go to the review page or delete it entirely I would be most grateful.

Help

If there is only one category listed then this should be “Uncategorized”, and this can’t be deleted.

I’m a bit confused because you said in your original post that the category you can’t delete is one you created.

Also, I can’t see the folder icon or the words you mention.

It might be easier if you could provide screenshots.

If you are looking at the right site I dont know why you cannot see it but the site is https://wp.me/1vI4T and the blog address is debt-relief-specialists.com/blog. I sent this address to a friend of mine and he could go straight to it,Paul

Just to be clear:

When you delete a single category you move your cursor over the title of the category, & some options will then appear immediately below the title. These are “Edit”, “Quick Edit” & “Delete”. You then click the “Delete” option.

Is this what you meant when you said you highlighted the name and hit delete ?

I am prepared to send you a snapshot if I knew how to do that…?

there is only one category listed

You have to have at least one category and cannot delete the default one (you can rename it). You probably renamed your category because it’s ID is 1 (the default category)

If you don’t assign a Post to a category WordPress will assign it to your Default category.

You can set the Default Post Category to any category under Settings >Writing

Remove this from your theme’s index.php to remove the category from your front page:

<div class="postmetadata3">
<img style="vertical-align:-5px;" alt="categories" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/category.gif" height="16" width="16" /> <?php the_category(', ') ?>
</div>

and this from your single.php:

<img style="vertical-align:-5px;" alt="categories" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/category.gif" height="16" width="16" /> <?php the_category(', ') ?> |