Posts in category won't display: Category count shows 0

  • Bizarre problem — suddenly half my categories now show 0 for their count in the Category Admin, yet when I click the Zero, it shows all the posts that were in the category.

    Of course, since the system thinks there are no posts in the category, the category won’t display on the website. But in the posts admin, the posts show they’re assigned to their respective categories!

    I’ve tried creating a new category and testing it by assigning a post to it, but the problem persists. I’ve tried just removing the post from the category and saving it, then re-adding it… No luck.

    I’ve disabled all the plugins, no luck.
    I’ve switched to a default wp theme… no luck.
    I’ve searched and searched for someone with the same problem… no luck.

    Anyone have any suggestions?

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  • Thread Starter web_mistress00

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    Update: apparently the post status and category are fighting each other. If I try to re-set the category, it knocks the post status into Scheduled. If I change the Scheduled back to Published, it knocks it out of the category.

    If that wasn’t so fascinating, get this: I can’t select a bulk amount of posts and change the status — it won’t work. I’d have to do them one at a time.

    And yes, I tried doing a SQL update to change the categories and status.

    Help, help, help…

    It’s Worked

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