Limited number of categories?!

  • Unknown's avatar

    Hi, there!

    All of a sudden, when I try to create a new category for my new posting, I get a message saying “You do not have permission to do that”. So I can’t do it.

    What is this?

    Is there a limited number of categories? Can’t I create as many as I want?

    I review movies and each of my categories consists of one movie, with the category named after the movie’s title.

    All the best,
    Bellis (Moviehead)

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  • Unknown's avatar

    If you are the administrator of the blog, you shouldn’t be getting this. Try clearing your browser’s cache and cookies (which browser are you using?); if the problem persists contact Support.

    No, there’s no limit to the number of categories you can add (I’ve seen a blog with 1200 of them). But above a certain number there’ll be an effect on loading time.

    Let me note, however, that what you’ve being doing doesn’t make much sense: categories are supposed to be groups of posts (by topic, for instance Comedy, Drama, Sci-fi, etc.). Actually what you’re looking for is a list of posts, so check this:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/archives-shortcode/

    And please paste the URL of your blog when asking questions here, or link your username to your blog (as explained in the Sticky 8 Things to Know Before Posting). We usually need that to give a relevant answer.

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