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2.6.2 Self hosted categories do not work

1. Dan Masters
   Member
   Nov 4, 2010, 9:57 PM

   Let me start by saying that 2.6.2 is a huge improvement over the previous 2 versions. Thanks!

   With that said categories are not working with my self hosted blog that is running 3.0.1. Regardless of which category I select it always goes back to the default category for the site. In my case this is Web Site News. I have tried changing it a few times via the iPhone app but it always selects the default.

   The site in question is http://www.danmasters.net.

   P.S. I did verify that categories work properly with my wordpress.com blog so this looks like it is isolated to self hosted sites.

   P.S.S This is on an iPhone 4 with 4.1.

2. danapalooza
   Member
   Dec 16, 2010, 6:49 AM

   I am having the exact same problem except that the category it defaults to is not the default category that is set in WordPress but the most recent category edited.

3. danapalooza
   Member
   Dec 20, 2010, 9:26 PM

   :( Still not fixed on this latest 2.6.3 update

4. Dan
   Administrator
   Dec 21, 2010, 8:02 AM

   Do you have any plugins installed related to categories?

5. danapalooza
   Member
   Dec 21, 2010, 9:14 AM

   I am assuming you mean active plugins related to categories. Here are the plugins I have active, that are associated with categories:

   • Categories to Tags Converter Importer – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpcat2tag-importer/
   • Flickr Blog To Wordpress Category – no page but here is a link to the plugin (assigns a category to incoming posts created using Flickr's "Blog this" feature): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5246793/flickr_wp_cat.php

6. danapalooza
   Member
   Dec 21, 2010, 9:19 PM

   Also, in my functions.php file I have a bit of code that hides certain categories (that I am using to style posts) from displaying on the page:

   //2010-12-10
   //Exclude categories I am using to define styles
   //Found at http://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_category-exclude-categories
   
   // Exclude selective categories from the_category - GLOBAL SETTINGS
   function the_category_filter($thelist,$separator=' ') {
       if(!defined('WP_ADMIN')) {
           //list the category names to exclude
           $exclude = array('Untitled','Titled');
           if(is_category('2')) {
           array_push($exclude,'cat-slug3','cat-slug4'); }
           if(is_category('3')) {
           array_push($exclude,'cat-slug5'); }
           $cats = explode($separator,$thelist);
           $newlist = array();
           foreach($cats as $cat) {
               $catname = trim(strip_tags($cat));
               if(!in_array($catname,$exclude))
                   $newlist[] = $cat;
           }
           return implode($separator,$newlist);
       } else
           return $thelist;
   }
   add_filter('the_category','the_category_filter',10,2);
   
   //END category exclusion function

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