Title: Adding Categories
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding Categories

 *  [Encouragement](https://wordpress.org/support/users/encouragement/)
 * (@encouragement)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-categories-4/)
 * I have tried to add new categories, but can not.
 * Here is what I have done: I have written a post, then clicked ‘add a new category’.
   I then typed in the name and then clicked on ‘add a new category’. Nothing is
   happening.
 * Does anyone have a suggestion?
 * Thank you, in advance.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-categories-4/#post-1987466)
 * -see if [increasing memory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP)
   available for php resolves the issue.
 * -if that does not help, try deactivating ALL plugins temporarily to narrow down
   and possibly fix the problem. If the problem goes away, activate them individually(
   one-by-one) to find the culprit.
 * -if that does help either, try switching to the default theme (“twentyten”) for
   a moment by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes. The idea
   is to force WordPress to fall back to the default theme to rule out any theme-
   specific issue.
 *  Thread Starter [Encouragement](https://wordpress.org/support/users/encouragement/)
 * (@encouragement)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-categories-4/#post-1987631)
 * Thanks for the tip t-p. I don’t know much about php, but I followed your advice
   on deactivating my plugins and discovered that my plug in ‘time machine’ is the
   culprit.
 * Since I want this plug in, would checking out my php be helpful? I am not sure
   what this is, and if you could give me some direction, I would appreciate it.
 * Thanks
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-categories-4/#post-1987635)
 * Probably the plug in ‘time machine’ is not compatible with 3.1. So, may be you
   want to wait until the plugin is updated by the plugin author adn made compatible
   with 3.1
 *  Thread Starter [Encouragement](https://wordpress.org/support/users/encouragement/)
 * (@encouragement)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-categories-4/#post-1987656)
 * I will check this out. Thanks
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-categories-4/#post-1987658)
 * you are welcome. 🙂

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 * [category](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/category/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-categories-4/#post-1987658)
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