Title: WordPress Core Database Update Breaks Plugin
Last modified: December 11, 2023

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# WordPress Core Database Update Breaks Plugin

 *  Resolved [dave carpenter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davecarpenter/)
 * (@davecarpenter)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-database-update-breaks-plugin/)
 * Hi, after the latest WordPress core update, I noticed that my taxonomy terms 
   weren’t appearing in the backend. After deactivating and reactivating this plugin,
   the issue was fixed.
 * I believe the cause of this is the `term_order` column that your plugin adds 
   to the `wp_terms` table. After a WordPress database update, it seems that this
   column is removed from the database and because your plugin only adds this column
   on plugin activation, a condition arises in which taxonomy terms in the backend
   are being sorted by a column that doesn’t exist.
 * For reference: line 19 in `taxonomy-terms-order.php` registers the activation
   hook `TO_activated()` where `tto_activate()` is called, which creates the `term_order`
   column in `wp_terms`.
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [Maya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdgu/)
 * (@tdgu)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-database-update-breaks-plugin/#post-17273699)
 * Hi,
   Do you recall the WordPress version you updated from ?
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [dave carpenter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davecarpenter/)
 * (@davecarpenter)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-database-update-breaks-plugin/#post-17278705)
 * Hi Maya, I believe it was 6.3 -> 6.4
 *  [Divvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divvy/)
 * (@divvy)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-database-update-breaks-plugin/#post-17280068)
 * Same problem here
 *  Plugin Author [Maya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdgu/)
 * (@tdgu)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-database-update-breaks-plugin/#post-17307217)
 * Hi,
   That should be fixed in the latest version.
 * Thanks

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 * ![](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)
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 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Maya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdgu/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-database-update-breaks-plugin/#post-17307217)
 * Status: resolved