Until you’re very familiar with WordPress it can be difficult to find where to modify some of the features. It’s easy enough to add a new category for your posts right from the Write Post page. Over there on the right just type a new category in the box under Categories and click Add. Or add several categories at one time by separating them with commas.
The default post category can be changed from “uncategorized” to your choice of category by going to Options/Writing.
Writing options shows the default post category of “uncategorized.”
At the default post category dropdown box, pick one you like and click on Update Options to make it so.
Add a new category by going to Manage/Categories. The trick here is that you can delete the uncategorized category after another category is selected as the default.
Manage categories for WordPress blogs.
You picked the category you want as your default in the Options/Writing screen, or here you can click on add new to add more categories for your blog. Then, in the far right column, delete the uncategorized category.
A warning box pops up to alert you that you’re going to delete a category and that the posts that were assigned to the category to be deleted will now be assigned to the new default category.
Alert box shows you’re about to delete a category.
Click OK to make it so. You’ve gotten rid of the uncategorized category.
It was so easy!
Thank you
omg i had forgotten this ;P havent done this in a long while. thanks..
THANK YOU
Thanks alot you saved my wp site
Hey Guys – you’re welcome!
Sometimes the solution does turn out to be an easy one.
Keep bloggin’!
Thankyou !! This is exactly what I was looking for
THANK YOU!!! Damn work-arounds…
You’re welcome, Cliff!
Thanks for stopping by!
There is no “delete” for my “uncategorized” category and it doesn’t allow to edit it. So I’m stuck with an ugly “uncategorized” empty category in my blog…I have no solution…
Thanks for the tip, Lizzy! This was awesome!
Thank You
u solved my problem
Cody – I’m not sure if you read this post correctly or if you’re having trouble updating these older screen shots with the current (2.9.1) WordPress.
Did you go to Settings/Writing from the Dashboard? In there you will see a line (3rd from the top) that says “Default Post Category” and next to it a spin box where you select the category you want to be your default.
You must create a new post category if you haven’t already in Posts/Categories first, else there will be no other category to select as the default from the Settings/Writing page. Once you have another category besides ‘uncategorized’ then you can get rid of that uncategorized category back at the Posts/Categories page.
Try it again!
Martin and mmm – You’re welcome!
Keep bloggin’ and keep smilin’!
Thank you, thank you, Lizzy!! That’s exactly what I was looking for (and found your post at #1 spot in Google, too
)
Nat
too easy… but difficult to find out
Thanks!!
You’re welcome, Antonio!
Thanks so much. You had the answer I was looking for (which I had been searching for on and off for a couple days now!)
I knew there had to be a way to delete that category, but I just couldn’t figure it out. You made it simple!
Thanks!
Hi Steve,
Sometimes the easiest things aren’t the most obvious! Glad to have helped you!!
Keep bloggin’!
Lizzy,
Thanks for this!
Finally, I got to remove the unwanted Uncategorized on my blog’s navigation.
That’s great, Pat!
Good luck!
Useful, thanks. Important in my theme because the categories are on the main navigation bar.
I know what you mean, Jeremy. Who wants a link called ‘uncategorized’ – especially in their main navigation?
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for this tip on removing the uncategorized category. You are a great help.
Thanks!!! Love these forums!
Thnx Bro