Returns information about WordPress categories, including their names, descriptions, and post counts.

Table Specific Information

SELECT

The cmdlet uses the WordPress API to process some of the filters. The cmdlet processes other filters client-side within the cmdlet. For example, the following queries are processed server side.

SELECT * FROM Categories WHERE Parent = 0
SELECT * FROM Categories ORDER BY Id
SELECT * FROM Categories WHERE Id IN ('130', '129')

Also, ordering by Count, Description and Name, is handled by the WordPress API.

Insert

To insert a category the following column is required: Name.

INSERT INTO Categories (Description, Name, Parent) VALUES ('This is an example Category', 'myCategory', '138')

Update

To update a category you must specify the following column: Id.

UPDATE Categories SET Name = 'updatedName', Description = 'Updated description.', Parent = 137 WHERE Id = '139'

Delete

To delete a category you must specify the following column: Id.

DELETE FROM Categories WHERE Id = '139'

Columns

Name	Type	ReadOnly	References	Description
Id [KEY]	Integer	True		A unique integer that identifies the category in WordPress and links posts, tags, and other taxonomy data associated with that category.
Count	Integer	True		The total number of posts currently assigned to the category, as returned by the WordPress API.
Description	String	False		The descriptive text defined in WordPress for the category, typically used to explain its purpose or the type of posts it contains.
Link	String	True		The full URL returned by WordPress that links to the public category page associated with this record.
Name	String	False		The category name defined in WordPress, representing the label shown on the site and used to organize related posts.
Taxonomy	String	True		The taxonomy type that classifies the category in WordPress.
Parent	Integer	False		The identifier of the parent category that this category belongs to. A value of 0 indicates that the category has no parent.