https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bug-colon-in-category-name-prevents-saving Gravity Support Forums Topic: BUG: Colon in Category Name Prevents Saving en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:25:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bug-colon-in-category-name-prevents-saving#post-55209 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:54:54 +0000 mrwweb 55209@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I've built a form for front-end submission of a custom post type. The form takes a title, excerpt, body, and category (drop down). I'm using the Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types plugin, although I don't think that's related to this issue.</p> <p>When I try to set a category that has a colon in its name (e.g. "Day: Windy"), the category is not saved. Choose a category without the colon or use a hyphen in its place (Day - Windy) and it works fine.</p> <p>This is easy to work around, but it took me quite a while just to figure out what was going on. If possible, a fix to this issue would be great! </p>