How to hook into creating a category?

Question

I want to do some stuff when a category is created the only hook i could find is

add_action( 'edited_category' , 'custom_term_saved', 10, 2 );

but it is only called on edit form saved not on create form saved

Answer 1

There is a hook that can be used for any taxonomy, create_{$taxonomy}, which in your case, is a category. So, it would be create_category:

add_action( 'create_category', 'my_function', 10, 1 );

This is triggered by wp_insert_term() at line 2142.