Does anybody know how I go about excluding specific categories from the widget drop-down menu that I put on my site’s sidebar?
There isn’t an option to exclude any categories when using the default Categories widget in Appearance->Widgets. You might be better off using wp_list_categories instead.
I should have been more clear. I understand I can’t do it through the default options. That’s why I asked,
“Do I have to do this through FTP? Or can I do this by modifying the PHP of my template on WordPress itself?”
I read that page, and I understand the code, I just don’t understand WHERE I go to make these changes. So the code I want is,
<?php wp_list_categories(‘orderby=name&include=3,5,9,16’); ?>
Where do I put this? I looked through all of the Template Tag instructions but they are very vague about this point.
o I have to do this through FTP? Or can I do this by modifying the PHP of my template on WordPress itself?
You can either modify the relevant theme template file via Appearance->Editor. Or download it using FTP & modify it in a plain text editor. The latter is probably safer.
Where do I put this?
There’s no way to answer that than to say – wherever you want this list of categories to appear.
I want to put it on the sidebar, like the widget.
Which .php file do I need to edit? Theme.php? Loop.php? More than one?
Do you know what part of the code relates to the sidebar specifically?
Sorry to keep badgering you, but again, I’m new.
Hi, you can use a php-widget plugin, that will enable you to put php code in a sidebar widget that will list your categories.You can try this widget plugin.
Thanks, esmi. Your solution worked perfectly!
Hi, i’d like to do the same (exclude a category from the default dropdown category widget).
As far as i see, i gotta modify sidebar.php
But what excactly should i add (code)? And where?
And if i modify that file then all blogs in network will be modified?
