Title: edit_category_form_fields
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# do_action_deprecated( ‘edit_category_form_fields’, WP_Term $tag )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_category_form_fields/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_category_form_fields/?output_format=md#more-information)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_category_form_fields/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_category_form_fields/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_category_form_fields/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

This hook has been deprecated since 3.0.0. Use {@see ‘{$taxonomy}_edit_form_fields’}
instead.

Fires after the Edit Category form fields are displayed.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_category_form_fields/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$tag`[WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/)

Current category term object.

## 󠀁[More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_category_form_fields/?output_format=md#more-information)󠁿

The `edit_category_form_fields` action/hook can be used to perform additional actions
on the edit category screen. For example, you can add form fields in order to save
additional information for a particular category.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_category_form_fields/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    do_action_deprecated( 'edit_category_form_fields', array( $tag ), '3.0.0', '{$taxonomy}_edit_form_fields' );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php#L221)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php#L221-L221)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_category_form_fields/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.0.0/) | Deprecated. Use '{$taxonomy_edit_form_fields’} instead. | 
| [2.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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