# Category request errors

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-request-errors/383607>\
**Category:** WordPress\
**Created:** [September 22, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-request-errors/383607 "2025-09-22T23:15:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-request-errors/383607/1 "2025-09-22T23:15:40Z")

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My WordPress site with latest version of [WP Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse) is returning on every post under the discourse tab:

> There was an error returning the category list from Discourse.

The logs are full of errors

```plaintext
[2025-09-22 00:10:14] comment.ERROR: sync_comments.get_discourse_category {"message":"The categories key was not found in the response from Discourse."} 

```

Just for the heck of it, I created a new API key.

I have checked all settings 3 times

 ![Screenshot 7](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/e/a/aea9cc41ee6d9606f4ce1ac6ff75b7902231b97b.jpeg)

I have a second WordPress site where it is able to get categories from the same discourse server with no problem.

What am I missing?

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