Title: ERROR: can not insert term into database
Last modified: June 18, 2020

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# ERROR: can not insert term into database

 *  [uoitsu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uoitsu/)
 * (@uoitsu)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-can-not-insert-term-into-database/)
 * Hi everyone, I have seen this error pop up in two areas of my WordPress site.
   The first is when trying to create a new menu using QuadMenu. I keep getting 
   an error that reads “can not insert the term into the database”. I originally
   thought the error was related to QuadMenu however, I encountered the same menu
   when trying to create a new category for my posts. Thank you to everyone’s suggestions

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-can-not-insert-term-into-database/#post-13005297)
 * Maybe your database is somewhat corrupt. Try repairing it: [https://www.a2hosting.com/kb/cpanel/cpanel-database-features/optimizing-and-repairing-mysql-databases-with-phpmyadmin](https://www.a2hosting.com/kb/cpanel/cpanel-database-features/optimizing-and-repairing-mysql-databases-with-phpmyadmin)
 * If that doesn’t help, contact your host as there may be server-level issues.
 *  [corrinarusso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corrinarusso/)
 * (@corrinarusso)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-can-not-insert-term-into-database/#post-13005308)
 * In general, this message often comes from a column not being set to auto-increment.
 * Have you changed anything in your database?
    Have you merged content or data 
   together from more than one source/website?
 *  Thread Starter [uoitsu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uoitsu/)
 * (@uoitsu)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-can-not-insert-term-into-database/#post-13005432)
 * Hi everyone – thank you both for your responses.
 * I can try to repair the broken database or change a column to auto-increment 
   however (I am not the most tech-savvy), I’m not sure as to which table to check
   for errors.
 *  [corrinarusso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corrinarusso/)
 * (@corrinarusso)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-can-not-insert-term-into-database/#post-13005458)
 * You can run the Repair on all of them – it will take you a minute or two, and
   will not do any damage if there is nothing to repair :
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description](https://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description)
 * Check the Structure of your tables, and look for the auto-increment :
    [https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/phpmyadmin/database-management/#Structure](https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/phpmyadmin/database-management/#Structure)

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