WordPress hook directory
edit_category
Warning!
As of WP version 2.3, this hook has been renamed to edit_$taxonomy.
Description
Runs when a category is updated/edited, including when a post or blogroll link is added/deleted or its categories are updated (which causes the count for the category to update). Action function arguments: category ID.
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WordPress version history for edit_category
This database has information for all major versions from WP 1.2.1 through 2.6. (Note that some intermediate versions are not indexed, particularly 2.0.1 through 2.0.10.) If 2.6 does not show up below, then this hook is deprecated.
| Version | File | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.0.11 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.1 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.1 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.1.3 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.1.3 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.2 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.2 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.2.1 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.2.1 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.2.2 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.2.2 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.2.3 | wp-admin/admin-db.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.2.3 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.3 | Renamed. See edit_$taxonomy |
Related Hooks
We find related hooks using word stems. edit_category has 2 significant word stem(s): edit, category. Note that some of the hooks below may not appear in all versions of WP.