WordPress.com Forums » Topic: how do I remove multiple posts from a category? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-multiple-posts-from-a-category WordPress.com Forums » Topic: how do I remove multiple posts from a category? en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:49:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raincoaster on "how do I remove multiple posts from a category?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-multiple-posts-from-a-category#post-1037612 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:26:04 +0000 raincoaster 1037612@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, that's what I said, in different words.

]]> juliarevitt on "how do I remove multiple posts from a category?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-multiple-posts-from-a-category#post-1037523 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:44:00 +0000 juliarevitt 1037523@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't think it can be done. The quickest way I can see to do it is to filter the posts in the category and use 'quick edit' to change the category of each one.

]]> raincoaster on "how do I remove multiple posts from a category?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-multiple-posts-from-a-category#post-1037122 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:34:19 +0000 raincoaster 1037122@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Go to Dashboard->Categories and use the bulk editor to remove them from that category.

]]> lkmprof on "how do I remove multiple posts from a category?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-multiple-posts-from-a-category#post-1037070 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:22:04 +0000 lkmprof 1037070@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks, but I don't want to delete the category, I want to remove multiple posts from that category at once.

So now it is no longer the default category but I still have eleven posts marked both "uncategorized" and something else. How can I remove multiple posts from the "uncategorized" category?

]]> timethief on "how do I remove multiple posts from a category?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-multiple-posts-from-a-category#post-1036405 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:05:30 +0000 timethief 1036405@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The Posts -> Categories page in your dashboard displays all your categories and shows the name, description, and number of posts belonging to each category. If you move your mouse over a category a set of options will appear, allowing you to edit, quick-edit, or delete that category. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/#managing-categories

]]> timethief on "how do I remove multiple posts from a category?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-multiple-posts-from-a-category#post-1036404 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:03:54 +0000 timethief 1036404@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Every post must have a default category. You cannot delete the default category. You can only change it. To do that you follow the instructions juliarevitt posted. The guide is here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/#setting-the-default-category

]]> juliarevitt on "how do I remove multiple posts from a category?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-multiple-posts-from-a-category#post-1036394 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:59:58 +0000 juliarevitt 1036394@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can change the default category by going into Settings, Writing, Default Post category.

I think you once you remove 'Uncategorized' as the default category, you can then delete the category from Post, Catergories.

]]> lkmprof on "how do I remove multiple posts from a category?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-multiple-posts-from-a-category#post-1036281 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:50:10 +0000 lkmprof 1036281@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ All posts are automatically assigned to "uncategorized" but when I add them to categories, they stay also in the "uncategorized" category. It seems to me like they should automatically be removed from "uncategorized" once you categorize them. Can I set that up?
If not, I don't see a way to remove multiple posts from the "uncategorized" category. When I click "bulk action" and select multiple posts to edit it shows the possible categories to assign but not how to UN-assign them, For example, "uncategorized" is unselected even though they are all in the "uncategorized" category, so I can't figure out how to remove them from a category through "bulk action" - there is no 'remove from category' or 'unselect' option. I can do it manually with each individual post but that is a pain, especially as the system automatically puts EVERYTHING in uncategorized to start with.
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