Title: Term not valid error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Term not valid error

 *  Resolved [karidemi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karidemi/)
 * (@karidemi)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/term-not-valid-error/)
 * Hi,
 * I am running into a problem where I keep getting the “not a valid term name” 
   error. I am using the slug of the generic “category” taxonomy, which I registered
   for media using the register_taxonomy_for_object_type() hook.
 * I’m positive there are PDFs in the category, so I’m not sure why I’m getting 
   this error. Any ideas?
 * Thanks! This has been a great plugin so far.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/document-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/document-gallery/)

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 *  Thread Starter [karidemi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karidemi/)
 * (@karidemi)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/term-not-valid-error/#post-5299345)
 * Of course I figured it out as soon as I posted that. It wants the nice taxonomy
   name, not the slug. Duh.
 * Thanks again!
 *  Plugin Author [Dan Rossiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrossiter/)
 * (@danrossiter)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/term-not-valid-error/#post-5299449)
 * No worries 🙂
 * Glad you figured it out!
 * -Dan
 * PS: If you’ve found this plugin useful, please take a moment to [rate it](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/document-gallery#postform).
   Thanks! 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Dan Rossiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrossiter/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/term-not-valid-error/#post-5299449)
 * Status: resolved