Where are you calling this code? You need to add it to one of the init hooks.
If I add that to either a plugin or theme init, then it adds just fine for me, with the $slug
typo corrected as Mike pointed out.
echo '<p>Debug: Loaded functions.php</p>';
function yourtheme_init() {
echo '<p>Debug: called yourtheme_init</p>';
insert_term('USSERS','category');
}
add_action('init', 'yourtheme_init');
function insert_term($name,$tax,$parent="", $slug='') {
echo '<p>Debug: called insert_term</p>';
$term_id = term_exists($name, $tax);
if (!$term_id) {
echo '<p>Debug: adding new term</p>';
$term_id = wp_insert_term( $name, $tax, array('parent'=>$parent,'slug'=>$slug) );
echo '<p>Debug: new term added with ID ' . $term_id . '</p>';
} else {
echo '<p>Debug: term already exists with ID ' . $term_id . '</p>';
}
die('<p>Debug: end</p>');
return $term_id;
}
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