Remove / Rename Uncategorized Category In Wordpress

Question

I have installed wordpress Muilit Site (NETWORK)

I need to Remove / Rename Uncategorized Category In Wordpress.

How is this possible?

Answer 1

To change the default "Uncategorized" using code you can do the following:

// Uncategorized ID is always 1
wp_update_term(1, 'category', array(
  'name' => 'hello',
  'slug' => 'hello', 
  'description' => 'hi'
));

Read this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_update_term

Answer 2

In wp-admin, you can rename the Uncategorized category any time. Just go to Posts > Categories and do it. :)

In case you forgot to assign a post to any category WordPress will add that post to Uncategorized by default. That's why a default category is must.

To change a default category go to Settings > Writing.

Then choose the Default category whatever you want; but you have to add a new category from the Categories page first. Enjoy WordPress.