Puede eliminar la taxonomía de Categorías y luego simplemente crear la suya propia.
En mi ejemplo, eliminé la taxonomía de Categorías de publicaciones y la reemplacé por una taxonomía de Temas
add_action( 'init', 'unregister_taxonomy' );
function unregister_taxonomy() {
global $wp_taxonomies;
$taxonomy = 'category';
if ( taxonomy_exists($taxonomy) ){
unset( $wp_taxonomies[$taxonomy] );
}
}
function article_subjects() {
$labels = array(
'name' => _x( 'Subjects', 'Taxonomy General Name', 'dc' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Subject', 'Taxonomy Singular Name', 'dc' ),
'menu_name' => __( 'Subjects', 'dc' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Items', 'dc' ),
'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Item', 'dc' ),
'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Item:', 'dc' ),
'new_item_name' => __( 'New Subject', 'dc' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Item', 'dc' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Item', 'dc' ),
'update_item' => __( 'Update Item', 'dc' ),
'separate_items_with_commas' => __( 'Separate items with commas', 'dc' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Items', 'dc' ),
'add_or_remove_items' => __( 'Add or remove items', 'dc' ),
'choose_from_most_used' => __( 'Choose from the most used items', 'dc' ),
'not_found' => __( 'Not Found', 'dc' ),
);
$args = array(
'labels' => $labels,
'hierarchical' => false,
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_admin_column' => true,
'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
'show_tagcloud' => true,
);
register_taxonomy( 'article_subjects', array( 'post' ), $args );
}
add_action( 'init', 'article_subjects', 0 );