id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
6542	Child Categories error out as Duplicates	hxf148	anonymous	"Hi,

Great work, love WordPress but this recent issue has been a thorn. I really hope that we can sort it out.

After upgrading to Wordpress 2.5 I am getting this error when trying to add a new child category when the name of a that category exists within a different parent.

For example, if I have:

Photos
-Summer

and then I try to add a new category called Summer with a different parent like:

Videos
-Summer

Wordpress is throwing an error:
""The category you are trying to create already exists.""

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From forum mod -> Duplicate Category (and Tag) names are no longer allowed. 

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I think this is a big mistake and will force at least two clients of mine to continue to use pre 2.5 versions or rather I will have to attempt to fix it myself.

From my perspective categories with different parents or levels should be able to have the same literal name. CatA->Apple, CatB->Apple are not the same thing and should be allowed.

Thanks in advance.
Harold

See also ticket #3799
improvements for submitting new categories via wp-admin/categories.php
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3799

Original Forum Post:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164615?replies=1#post-718138"	defect (bug)	closed	normal		Administration	2.5	major	duplicate	Child Categories Duplicates	janbrasna