Title: Incorrect “Posts -> Categories” counts and “posts” table
Last modified: May 19, 2022

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# Incorrect “Posts -> Categories” counts and “posts” table

 *  [JW-DD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jw-dd/)
 * (@jw-dd)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incorrect-posts-categories-counts-and-posts-table/)
 * Since this plugin creates entries in the “posts” table for media attachments 
   assigned categories, while the posts counts are correct from the Posts -> All
   Posts menu, the post counts on the Posts -> Categories menu are not, because 
   Media Library items are being counted as posts.
 * I deactivated the MLC plugin but, not surprisingly, that didn’t correct the Posts-
   > Categories count issue nor changing the MLC category slug to something other
   than the default “category” value (which I’d left it at).
 * I’ve decided to delete MLC for this particular website, and now am wondering 
   if there’s a method to clean up the “posts” table to remove the MLC records and
   reset the Posts -> Categories count. Looks to be a generic issue for those who
   may try the plugin and later disable it. Thanks.
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   to see the link]_

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