# 502 error on Re-Order Categories **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Tags:** categories\ **Created:** [September 27, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-on-re-order-categories/384185 "2025-09-27T18:43:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Ethsim2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ethsim2/32/522255_2.png) [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-on-re-order-categories/384185/3 "2025-09-27T21:12:30Z")
> [@pfaffman](#): > > I suspect it’s just that your server is too slow to accomplish the task. Ah – this problem was actually why I chose the IONOS VPS L. Previously I found better performance with the IONOS Data Center Designer, where I was also using a VPS. I’ve never experienced the Dedicated Core offering, which could potentially null this issue, but I believe the Designer VPS had faster NVMe and maybe higher per-core turbo. > [@pfaffman](#): > > Hundreds of categories isn’t really recommended. The UI loading of the composer’s category selector is slow, but that encourages people to browse into the desired category first, IMHO. > [@pfaffman](#): > > The way I’ve sorted hundreds of categories before was in rails. Nice - I think we’re into the command line vs. UI discussion again 🤣 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-on-re-order-categories/384185)._