Title: wp_categories doesn’t exist
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# wp_categories doesn’t exist

 *  Resolved [cognitivecombine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cognitivecombine/)
 * (@cognitivecombine)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_categories-doesnt-exist/)
 * I upgraded to 2.3 today and now I get this error in the header:
 * `WordPress database error: [Table '***_wrdp.wp_categories' doesn't exist]
    SELECT*
   FROM wp_categories
 * How can I resolve this issue?

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_categories-doesnt-exist/#post-625897)
 * wp_categories is not longer a table in WordPress 2.3. Please review this thread:
   
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/135564?replies=23](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/135564?replies=23)
 *  Thread Starter [cognitivecombine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cognitivecombine/)
 * (@cognitivecombine)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_categories-doesnt-exist/#post-625899)
 * Thanks for your response, I did look through that thread but my lack of knowledge
   doesn’t point anything out that could be helpful.
 * What do I need to remove from my tag or change to get rid of that error? What
   is the new name of the table?
 * I am a total newb when it comes to the internals of the tags in the themes.
 * Appreciate any and all help.
 *  Thread Starter [cognitivecombine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cognitivecombine/)
 * (@cognitivecombine)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_categories-doesnt-exist/#post-625905)
 * Actually I was able to resolve the issue by:
 * 1. Upgrading properly, i.e. deleting all files and uploading the version 2.3 
   ones (I had not done this earlier, I had left all files on the server and added
   the new ones, this lead to problems).
 * 2. Adding the new tags to my theme to make it compatible with version 2.3.
 * Thanks
 *  [americasroof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/americasroof/)
 * (@americasroof)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_categories-doesnt-exist/#post-626099)
 * I have mentioned in another thread that I had four successful upgrades on two
   domains but problems with two upgrades on a third domain. In all cases I deactivated
   the plugins and the I used phpMyAdmin to create the wp_categories table in both
   the errant upgrades and it solved the problem (and was not picky about field 
   names or specifics).

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 * Last reply from: [americasroof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/americasroof/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_categories-doesnt-exist/#post-626099)
 * Status: resolved

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