categories I didn’t add

Just change the default category to one you wish to keep. You can do this through Options > Writing then go to the dropdown list and select a new default. Then you should be able to delete ‘hostees’

Yolindsey, I’m a little concerned that categories appeared that you did not add. Does someone else have access to your blog admin panel?

Hi guys, thank you for your responses.

Blaize – I went to the options > writing panel like you suggested and set my default category to the one I wanted. However back in my categories list I still have TWO defaults now. o_o

DianeV – No one else is supposed to have access to my blog admin panel. I’m worried as well…

I guess I’ll just deal w/ it since the phantom category won’t appear on my blog until I add posts to it (which I won’t).

Another option, if you can get into MySQL, is to delete it from the table. It is a mystery though why you have 2 default categories and where the new ones came from…

Hope you get it sorted. ??

I’ve had this same problem since the installation of v2.1.3, which seems to handle categories differently than previous versions (maybe this changed in 2.1). I think I’ve figured out what’s going on, but I’m not sure how to resolve it.

Since installing this version, the (only) category I have set up for blogroll links is now showing up in the list of regular categories. I can’t delete the category because it is marked as Default under Manage > Categories (in addition to my default category for posts). Further digging revealed that under Options > Writing there is a drop-down menu for “Default bookmark category.” Changing this switches the category that gets the “extra” Default under Manage > Categories. This would allow me to delete that category… but I’m not sure what effect that would have on my blogroll since all those links are tied to that category!

I tried removing the category from the blogroll links since I don’t really need it, but that doesn’t stick. If I uncheck the category box and apply the changes, the checkmark returns.

Can anyone point me to info on this change in the way categories are handled? How do I get a links category to not show up in the regular category list?

Thanks!