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fix-category-count

Fix Category Count

This plugin will allow you to easily repair and fix your category count for posts, pages and custom post types.

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praise review · high severity · relevance 0.54
Works Perfectly Under WordPress 6.9.1

Works Perfectly Under WordPress 6.9.1: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Works Perfectly Under WordPress 6.9.1 After deleting thousands of spam posts, including thousands of orphan categories, I used the latest version of Fix Categories Count to reset the number of categories to 0.
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.54
Broken

Broken: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Broken WordPress 6.x , no longer works, “There has been a critical error on this website” WordPress 6.x , no longer works, “There has been a critical error on this website”
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.92
Getting Parse Error – Unexpected EOF

Getting Parse Error – Unexpected EOF: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Getting Parse Error – Unexpected EOF When I press FIX CATEGORY COUNT, I am getting the following error: “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\fix-category-count\inc\fix_category_count_admin_view.php on line 68”.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.88
Issue in update_category_correct_count

Issue in update_category_correct_count: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Issue in update_category_correct_count I think the function update_category_correct_count in fix_category_count_engine.php needs the following line changed: from: $wpdb->update(‘wp_term_taxonomy’, array(‘count’=>$count), array(‘term_taxonomy_id’=>$row[‘term_id’])); to: $wpdb->update($wpdb->prefix.’term_taxonomy’, array(‘count’=>$count), array(‘term_id’=>$row
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.63
Not good for large sites I think

Not good for large sites I think: users praise easy, value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
After running this plugin a few times the taxonomy count actually got worse.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.5
Simple and works like a charm.

Simple and works like a charm.: users show bugs, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Simple and works like a charm.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.5
good tool

good tool: users show bugs, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
good tool a must have for fixing the import bugs a must have for fixing the import bugs
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Great Plugin

Great Plugin: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Great Plugin Thanks !!!!!
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Super easy and quick

Super easy and quick: users praise easy, value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Super easy and quick Thanks!
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Many thanks!!!

Many thanks!!!: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Many thanks!!! Many thanks, brother. Although I don’t know how comes the wrong number of posts in category… But your plugin is saving my wordpress life… This topic was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by trongnghia203 . Many thanks, brother. Although I don’t know how comes the wrong number of posts in category… But your plugin is saving my wordpress life… This

Competitor Context

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Taxonomy Images praise owner · intel 76.7 · weakness 67.4
praise owner
stale update history 25 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check tag publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Add Category to Pages weak incumbent · intel 76.6 · weakness 67.3
weak incumbent
stale update history 19 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Bulk Move praise owner · intel 76.4 · weakness 67.1
praise owner
stale update history 13 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Front Page Category praise owner · intel 76.2 · weakness 67.3
praise owner
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect customizer layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
List Custom Taxonomy Widget praise owner · intel 75.7 · weakness 66.4
praise owner
stale update history 17 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Parent Category Toggler weak incumbent · intel 75.2 · weakness 65.9
weak incumbent
stale update history 8 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
No category parents praise owner · intel 74.9 · weakness 65.6
praise owner
stale update history 11 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check categories publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
WP No Base Permalink weak incumbent · intel 74.5 · weakness 65.3
weak incumbent
stale update history 15 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check tag publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live

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Collected Signals

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praise Works Perfectly Under WordPress 6.9.1 (5 stars) review · 2026-02-20T20:44:43+00:00 · high severity · category

Works Perfectly Under WordPress 6.9.1: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Works Perfectly Under WordPress 6.9.1 After deleting thousands of spam posts, including thousands of orphan categories, I used the latest version of Fix Categories Count to reset the number of categories to 0.
security reliable performance quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Broken (5 stars) review · 2024-08-05T09:21:36+00:00 · high severity · category

Broken: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Broken WordPress 6.x , no longer works, “There has been a critical error on this website” WordPress 6.x , no longer works, “There has been a critical error on this website”
bugs reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Nice! (5 stars) review · 2018-07-26T00:21:50+00:00 · medium severity · category

Nice!: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Worked perfect!
quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
complaint Not good for large sites I think (2 stars) review · 2017-12-29T01:34:47+00:00 · medium severity · category

Not good for large sites I think: users praise easy, value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: After running this plugin a few times the taxonomy count actually got worse.
easy value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Many thanks!!! (4 stars) review · 2017-09-20T06:34:42+00:00 · medium severity · category

Many thanks!!!: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Many thanks!!! Many thanks, brother. Although I don’t know how comes the wrong number of posts in category… But your plugin is saving my wordpress life… This topic was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by trongnghia203 . Many thanks, brother. Although I don’t know how comes the wrong number of posts in category… But your plugin is saving my wordpress life… This
content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise How can i set this in a Cronjob support · 2017-06-27T13:23:40+00:00 · medium severity · category

How can i set this in a Cronjob: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: How can i set this in a Cronjob Nice plugin and it works very good.
reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Simple and works like a charm. (5 stars) review · 2017-04-09T14:41:19+00:00 · medium severity · category

Simple and works like a charm.: users show bugs, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Simple and works like a charm.
bugs migration easy reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
complaint Issue in update_category_correct_count support · 2017-01-17T17:40:01+00:00 · medium severity · category

Issue in update_category_correct_count: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Issue in update_category_correct_count I think the function update_category_correct_count in fix_category_count_engine.php needs the following line changed: from: $wpdb->update(‘wp_term_taxonomy’, array(‘count’=>$count), array(‘term_taxonomy_id’=>$row[‘term_id’])); to: $wpdb->update($wpdb->prefix.’term_taxonomy’, array(‘count’=>$count), array(‘term_id’=>$row
bugs compatibility performance support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Great Plugin (5 stars) review · 2016-08-19T17:17:04+00:00 · medium severity · category

Great Plugin: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Great Plugin Thanks !!!!!
quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
complaint Getting Parse Error – Unexpected EOF support · 2016-07-15T22:12:51+00:00 · medium severity · category

Getting Parse Error – Unexpected EOF: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Getting Parse Error – Unexpected EOF When I press FIX CATEGORY COUNT, I am getting the following error: “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\fix-category-count\inc\fix_category_count_admin_view.php on line 68”.
bugs compatibility performance support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise good tool (5 stars) review · 2016-02-12T14:49:47+00:00 · medium severity · category

good tool: users show bugs, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: good tool a must have for fixing the import bugs a must have for fixing the import bugs
bugs migration import content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Super easy and quick (5 stars) review · 2015-11-16T18:08:43+00:00 · medium severity · category

Super easy and quick: users praise easy, value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Super easy and quick Thanks!
easy value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live