Title: Adding New Catagories
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Adding New Catagories

 *  [southpawphilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/southpawphilly/)
 * (@southpawphilly)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-catagories/)
 * I just started a new blog but I can’t figure out how to get more categories on
   my blog page. I created them but the are not showing up on the blog homepage.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-catagories/#post-537606)
 * Look at the `hide_empty` parameter in the [Template Tag](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags),
   [wp_list_categories](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories).
 *  [joevtoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joevtoo/)
 * (@joevtoo)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-catagories/#post-537640)
 * Sorry for the newbie question, but I’m having the same issue. Where do I actually
   go to find the Template Tag, wp_list-categories and what do I do when I get there?
   
   Thanks.
 *  [drmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drmike/)
 * (@drmike)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-catagories/#post-537667)
 * I’m going to assume here that you’re looking at a list of categories within your
   sidebar. Please take a look at your theme’s sidebar.php for that category tag.
 * Hope that helps,
    -drmike
 *  [joevtoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joevtoo/)
 * (@joevtoo)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-catagories/#post-537675)
 * In my theme’s sidebar.php (Default theme), there is no “hide_empty” parameter
   shown. The parameters shown for wp_list_cats are: ‘sort_column=name&optioncount
   =1&hierarchal=0’
    I understand that once posts are made to the categories, they’ll
   be shown, but I’d sure like to find that parameter and turn it off since this
   is a new blog. Thanks.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-catagories/#post-537693)
 * Try adding `&hide_empty=0` to your list of parameters.
 *  [joevtoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joevtoo/)
 * (@joevtoo)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-catagories/#post-537697)
 * Ya know, sometimes you get so close to something you miss the obvious. Duh!
    
   Thanks Michael and Dr. Mike.

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## Tags

 * [adding](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/adding/)
 * [catagories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/catagories/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [joevtoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joevtoo/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-catagories/#post-537697)
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