Categories not editable in admin

  • Resolved feebleTom

    (@feebletom)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    I am unable to edit categories in the admin area of my site; I don’t think I ever had that option. When I hover my mouse over a category, it’s supposed to show me “edit” and “quick edit” etc. There is nothing.

    I have a screenshot of the screen I’m describing, but of course it didn’t capture my mouse hovering over the first item.

    https://dd764.org/images/add_or_edit_category_screen.jpg

    I couldn’t find anybody else who described this problem.

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  • There is hot-linking protection on that image file.

    Thread Starter feebleTom

    (@feebletom)

    Sorry, I thought I had removed that protection. I actually typed the link into my browser and it worked, so I thought it was OK. Should be available now.

    Try deactivating your plugins and switching to the default theme to see if any are causing that.

    Thread Starter feebleTom

    (@feebletom)

    Thanks for the suggestion. I deactivated plugins and tried it. Then I activated the default twenty-ten theme and tried it. Still no edit capabilities for categories.

    Try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.

    Thread Starter feebleTom

    (@feebletom)

    I did a reset on my plugins folder by renaming the folder, but it had no effect on the Edit Category screen in admin.

    Could you post a link to your site with all plugins deactivated and twentythirteen active?

    Thread Starter feebleTom

    (@feebletom)

    Here is a link to the site with Twenty Ten active, because that was the default theme when I originally installed WP. Since I had no intention of ever using Twenty Thirteen, I deleted it. All plugins are de-activated.

    An important point to make is that this link is to my “development” site, which only differs from the real site by the number 2 in the url. If you go to dd764.org/scuttlebutt/ you will be getting the “production” site on which I haven’t disabled anything.

    The dev site is a replica of the production site with only minor differences, not involving plugins. The Edit Category feature does not work on either version.

    What browser are you using? Have you cleared your browser cache and cookies and tried another browser?

    Thread Starter feebleTom

    (@feebletom)

    I work mostly with Firefox and I have the cache disabled. Also tried IE11 and Chrome. Same result.

    Thread Starter feebleTom

    (@feebletom)

    I was comparing my Edit Categories screen with another dev site that I have installed locally via XAMPP, and I noticed that the major difference is that the category nameis missing from the table on the right where I should be able to edit categories. It only displays the description, slug and posts.

    Try re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder, the wp-config and .htaccess files – from a new download of WordPress. Delete the old files/folders first.

    Thread Starter feebleTom

    (@feebletom)

    OK, that should have fixed about anything. I even went so far as to delete all plugins, not just de-activate them. But I still can’t edit categories.

    Thread Starter feebleTom

    (@feebletom)

    Another thing to note, which I didn’t realize before, is that if I go to a Category index page from the links listed in my sidebar, I can edit the categories individually. Just not from the Category screen going from the Admin Dashboard > Posts > Categories.

    I’m not sure if this is will work but you can give it a try.

    Try to replace this file from a fresh wordpress (not the backed up one)
    wp-admin.css

    you will find it in:
    wp-admin/css/wp-admin.css

    It might be hidden some how with css.

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