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1. thebirdingbunch
   Member
   Dec 19, 2011, 3:51 PM

   And I would rather this not happen, even if I use the word in the post.

   Because I do not care for "likes" (almost to a passion) and learned people can click on "like" from places other than my blog, I have chosen to stop using a couple of my Categories such as Photos and Birds, using specific bird names instead. Well, it seems if I use either "photos" or "birds" in my posts, the box for those categories are check marked. I will remove the check mark and click on Update, but it comes right back.

   Is the only option I have is to delete those categories? Or is this some kind of bug?
   Thank you for your help.

   The blog I need help with is birdingbunch.wordpress.com.

2. timethief
   Member
   Dec 19, 2011, 11:37 PM

   On any new post I am creating I can click and remove the only automatically displayed default category. So I'm not clear on why you can't do that. The only time a post appears with additional categories aside from the single default category is when we use thecopy a post feature? Is that what you are doing?

3. thebirdingbunch
   Member
   Dec 20, 2011, 2:04 AM

   Thanks for the reply.
   I am not clear as to why I cannot do this, either. This is why I posted. :) Nope, I have never used the "copy a post". If I remember correctly, I had been able to remove the category in the past and was able to do so.

   I guess I can try to delete the categories and see what happens.

4. timethief
   Member
   Dec 20, 2011, 2:07 AM

   One cannot delete the default category.
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/#setting-the-default-category

5. thebirdingbunch
   Member
   Dec 20, 2011, 2:11 AM

   That's disappointing. I'll come up with some kind of category to make default then. :)

6. timethief
   Member
   Dec 20, 2011, 6:30 PM

   Yes you can do that. The default category we have when we start a new blog is "uncategorized" unless or until we change it. Many people also use "random" http://en.wordpress.com/tag/random/

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