update-category

update-category

Modify an existing WordPress category by updating its name, description, slug, parent ID, or meta fields. Requires site URL, credentials, and category ID for secure programmatic changes.

Instructions

Update an existing WordPress category

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`categoryId`	Yes	ID of the category to update
`description`	No	New HTML description of the term
`meta`	No	New meta fields
`name`	No	New HTML title for the term
`parent`	No	New parent term ID
`password`	Yes	WordPress application password
`siteUrl`	Yes	WordPress site URL
`slug`	No	New alphanumeric identifier for the term
`username`	Yes	WordPress username

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "categoryId": {
      "description": "ID of the category to update",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "description": {
      "description": "New HTML description of the term",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "meta": {
      "additionalProperties": {},
      "description": "New meta fields",
      "type": "object"
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "New HTML title for the term",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "parent": {
      "description": "New parent term ID",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "password": {
      "description": "WordPress application password",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "siteUrl": {
      "description": "WordPress site URL",
      "format": "uri",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "slug": {
      "description": "New alphanumeric identifier for the term",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "username": {
      "description": "WordPress username",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "siteUrl",
    "username",
    "password",
    "categoryId"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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