Rename Default Category (Uncategorized) Via a Function

Question

I'm looking for a function to rename the default 'Uncategorized' category. The reason I need this is because I'm running a WordPress multi-site largely used by users with little technical knowledge and only allows the one, default category for their blog.

Answer 1

I think wp_update_term should do the trick:

wp_update_term(1, 'category', array(
  'name' => 'A Real Category Name',
  'slug' => 'real-category-name'
));