Title: Add Categories without post
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Add Categories without post

 *  [nuhouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuhouse/)
 * (@nuhouse)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-categories-without-post/)
 * hi guys,
 * I would appreciate some direction on a plugin, or piece of code that will allow
   all categories to show without having to add a post!
 * Many thanks.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-categories-without-post/#post-1389059)
 * Use the [template tag](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags), [wp_list_categories()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories)
   with the **hide_empty=0** argument:
 *     ```
       <?php
       wp_list_categories('hide_empty=0');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * If necessary, consider downloading and installing [Otto’s PHP Code Widget](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/php-code-widget/)
   then put that code in one of those widgets.
 * Related:
    [Stepping Into Template Tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Template_Tags)
   [Stepping Into Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates)
   [Template Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy)
 *  Thread Starter [nuhouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuhouse/)
 * (@nuhouse)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-categories-without-post/#post-1389089)
 * Thank you Micheal, but perhaps i have not made myself clear. If you take a look
   at this page [http://www.norwichcitycentre.com/advertise-with-us/home-page-feature/](http://www.norwichcitycentre.com/advertise-with-us/home-page-feature/)
   you will see that the category does not display because I have not assigned a
   post to this category. I have infact inserted copy using php else in the archive.
   php, this copy will only show if I also include a post, trouble is that I do 
   not want to add any posts to this category.
 * A simple way round would be to use this category as a page but this would totaly
   mess up my structure!
 * Any other suggestions?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-categories-without-post/#post-1389094)
 * Don’t think that will work without having a least one post in the category. Sorry.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-categories-without-post/#post-1389094)
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