Wrong "Category" items showing up in a totally different CPT

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July 25, 2022 at 2:27 AM #37170

Steve
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Hi,

I made a CPT for "Events" and another for "Notices" but the Events' categories are showing up in the Notices' categories. Shouldn't those categories be totally different? How can I get them to have different sets of categories?

Thanks,
Steve

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July 25, 2022 at 12:53 PM #37178

Long Nguyen
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Hi,

Can you please share some screenshots of the issue on your site? It is possible that the taxonomy category is assigned to two CPT events and notices.

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July 26, 2022 at 9:50 AM #37196

Steve
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Hi Long!

First off, sorry but I guess I should have said "FAQs" not "Events" ~

Sure:
Categories in Notices:
https://tinyurl.com/26nlegkq

Categories in FAQs (which are right and were made first):
https://tinyurl.com/22epcm4f

They're in Korean, but you'll notice they're the same.

I didn't create a custom Category for either of them. I just made the categories in FAQs. Here's our custom taxonomies - and they all apply to "Products":
https://tinyurl.com/2bjsjzr4

Any other screenshots that would be helpful?

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July 26, 2022 at 9:59 AM #37197

Steve
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Hmmm,

And here's the Categories for the Posts:
https://tinyurl.com/22zlc6w3

But here are the categories for Products:
https://tinyurl.com/26eudnzm

Shouldn't each CPT get it's own set of "Categories"? Why are the same "Categories" being duplicated for Posts, FAQs, Notices, etc.?

Thanks Long!

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July 26, 2022 at 10:28 PM #37216

Long Nguyen
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Hi,

Please understand that the Plural/Singular name of the taxonomy can be the same but the slug is different. WooCommerce product category has the same Plural name as the Post category but has a different slug product_cat. You can see it in the URL https://monosnap.com/file/oO8j6PCtT9wMyTDlvwyGDxoDXgT4EH

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July 27, 2022 at 10:33 AM #37227

Steve
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Hi Long,

That's great info!

But now how do I change the Notice category URL to notice_cat? What's the step I need to take? I get that the URL is different, but how do I change the URL for each CPT?

Thanks,
Steve

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July 27, 2022 at 10:52 AM #37228

Steve
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Hi Again Long,

Does that mean I need to create a Custom Taxonomy for each CPT to get them to have different categories? Then they can't be called "Categories", right? They have to have their own taxonomy name?

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July 28, 2022 at 11:13 AM #37246

Long Nguyen
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Hi,

You can change the Notice category slug to notice_cat by going to Meta Box > Custom Taxonomies > Edit Notice and change the slug. The taxonomies can have the same Plural/Singular name but must have different slugs, the slug must be unique. You can read more here https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_taxonomy/
and the section Reserved terms.

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