Replacing Uncategorized category

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I have been using the Uncategorized category with a different name for years. We called it Share.

Now I want to replace it with a default category so we can put subcategories in it and unclutter the top-level category space a bit.

So I tried to change the Uncategorized category name (Misc), and removed the permalink trying to send old links there, so I can create a new Share category and move everything from the new Miscto the new Share, including other categories.

But When I try to create a new category Share I receive An error occurred: Category Name has already been taken.

So I guess there is somewhere a name block on that word, which I’d like to ‘free’ so I can use it as intended. Do you know where to act?

In the console:

Category.where(name:'Share')

gives the category with slug misc.

But I’m a bit worried about altering the name in the database directly.

Category.where(user_id:-1)

gives Staff and Share. I could try and rename : Category.where(name:’Share’).update(name: ‘Misc’, name_lower:’misc’)(or something like this). Is it safe? Are there other places where I should take care of renaming?

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I’d try to change uncategorized_category_name at /admin/customize/site_texts

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Yep, I made a backup, then renamed (name and name_lower) then I could rename the category.

I did that at first, but it was not sufficient.

Now I have both Misc and the new Share. I still have a backup if I need to roll back.

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Interesting after I changed that and edited the slug at the category edit page I was able to create a new category with the name.

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Did you rename your category before?

It might be related to a refresh bug in the categories lists… I’ve been moving things around lately and found that moving a subcategory to another category would not be taken into account in the drop-down menus without a reload (same for groups and security settings for example).