Title: Update button not working Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Update button not working * [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/) * (@kts915) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/) * This plugin used to work well. I can still move the categories around on screen. But when I mouse over the Update button, the legend “javasscript:;” (without the inverted commas) appears in the bottom-left of my screen, and clicking on the button does nothing. Any ideas? * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-terms-order/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-terms-order/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [nsp-code](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nsp-code/) * (@nsp-code) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958243) * Check with other plugins possible a JavaScript conflict. I suggest to de-activate one by one to identify the problem. * Thread Starter [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/) * (@kts915) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958278) * Well, I’ve now tried that, but no success, I’m afraid. * Plugin Author [nsp-code](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nsp-code/) * (@nsp-code) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958334) * Can you also try to switch to a default WordPress theme as the problem may be the once you currently use. * Thread Starter [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/) * (@kts915) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958354) * I’ve now tried Twenty Eleven and Twenty Twelve, but neither made any difference. * Plugin Author [nsp-code](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nsp-code/) * (@nsp-code) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958364) * The plugin is 100% functional on a default WordPress theme and no other plugins. Possible may be your WP install, possible a corrupted file, try to re-install. * But which is the exact JavaScript error message you see? * [cloudhostingsource](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudhostingsource/) * (@cloudhostingsource) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958369) * This worked for me. 1. login to your database 2. In wp_usermeta table, find the user name you want to update 3. set wp_user-settings to null * Thread Starter [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/) * (@kts915) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958370) * [@cloudhostingsource](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudhostingsource/): I’m not trying to update a user name, but to change the order in which my categories appear. * I have the same problem on two different WordPress installations (one of which is my localhost LAMPP test site), and they both work fine in every other respect. I have tried reinstalling the plugin, but that made no difference either. * I don’t see an error message. I just get “javasscript:;” (without the inverted commas) appearing in the bottom left of the screen when I hover over the Update button — and when I click on that button, nothing happens. * [cloudhostingsource](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudhostingsource/) * (@cloudhostingsource) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958371) * you don’t update the username, instead you update the wp_user-settings field that belongs to that user. you need to set the wp_user-settings field of that user to null first. when you log back in again, WordPress will load the default setting for that user. * Thread Starter [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/) * (@kts915) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958373) * Well, I’ve now tried that too, cloudhostingsource, but I still can’t move the categories. Maybe what I have is the default setting, so your suggestion has achieved what you intended that it should, but I still can’t move the categories. * I have now noticed that a notice saying Items Order Updates appears at the top of the page, on a yellow background, when I hit the Update button. I hadn’t noticed before because I have quite a few categories and was attempting to move some lower down, but having now experimented with those at the top, I can see the notice appearing on each occasion. * But the categories on the front end stay exactly where they were. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Update button not working’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/taxonomy-terms-order/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1564412) * [Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order](https://wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-terms-order/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-terms-order/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/taxonomy-terms-order/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/taxonomy-terms-order/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/taxonomy-terms-order/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/taxonomy-terms-order/reviews/) * 9 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/) * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-button-not-working/#post-3958373) * Status: not resolved