WordPress hook directory
delete_category
Warning! This hook has been renamed!
As of WP version 2.3, this hook has been renamed to delete_{$taxonomy}.
Description
Runs just after a category is deleted from the database and its corresponding links/posts are updated to remove the category. Action function arguments: category ID.
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WordPress version history for delete_category
This database has information for all major versions from WP 1.2.1 through 2.9.
| Version | File | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5.2 | wp-admin/categories.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.0 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.0.11 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.1 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.2 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.3 | Renamed. See delete_{$taxonomy} |
Related Hooks
We find related hooks using word stems. delete_category has 2 significant word stem(s): delete, category. Note that some of the hooks below may not appear in all versions of WP.