No categories in Gutenberg sidebar

Resolved grabbels
(@grabbels)

5 months, 2 weeks ago

I’m using a clean install of WordPress 6. Both in the standard posts and in custom posts type categories DO show up in the left hand menu, and I can assign categories to posts using the quick edit function. However, when editing a post the “categories” dropdown is missing in the right-hand sidebar. Is this a new feature in WordPress 6 I’m unaware of, or is something wrong here?

Also: the same thing goes for tags, and any custom taxonomy I add through functions.php.

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Thread Starter grabbels
(@grabbels)

5 months, 2 weeks ago
I tested it in multiple browser, no change, and the console does not report any issues, neither does enabling wp-debug.
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Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
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5 months, 2 weeks ago

“Is this a new feature in WordPress 6 I’m unaware of, or is something wrong here?”

Something is wrong. I see categories on the right when editing a post with a clean WP 6.

You said you have custom posts, so this is not a “clean” install as you must have plugins or a theme creating them. Disable all plugins and change the theme to twentytwentyone. Are categories back?

Thread Starter grabbels
(@grabbels)

5 months, 2 weeks ago

I did in fact create a clean install, no plugins or custom code whatsoever, I failed to mention that. Still no categories in a completely vanilla install.

Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
(@sterndata)

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Have you created any categories?

Thread Starter grabbels
(@grabbels)

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Yes, no difference. Although as far as I know even without any added categories the item should appear in the right-hand sidebar.

Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Maybe a file is messed up? From dashboard->updates, click the button to reinstall WP. Probably won’t help, but it won’t hurt.

Thread Starter grabbels
(@grabbels)

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Indeed, no change.

Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Just to double check — you’re talking about posts and not pages? Can you give me a screen shot?
Thread Starter grabbels
(@grabbels)

5 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes, exactly this
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Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
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5 months, 2 weeks ago

hmmm…… what theme?

Thread Starter grabbels
(@grabbels)

5 months, 2 weeks ago

The default one. Twentytwenty it’s called I believe. It truly is a bare metal WordPress installation without any modifications whatsoever installed from the latest package.

Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
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5 months, 2 weeks ago

what browser? can you look with another?

franzaurus
(@franz00)

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hi,

Just to confirm. Could you check your post’s preferences menu panel (the 3 dots at the upper right), and see whether Categories on Document Settings is not accidentally slide off?

This is the screen shot images. https://imgur.com/a/fkphDpB

Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
(@sterndata)

Forum Moderator & Support Team Rep

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Please install the health check plugin and report back its findings from the info tab. https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/

The folks in the back room are thinking it might be a REST API issue.

Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
(@sterndata)

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Also, click “preferences” at the bottom of the right sidebar.