Title: Categories menu
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Categories menu

 *  Resolved [mpd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpd/)
 * (@mpd)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-menu-1/)
 * I cannot see the categories menu when I add to the widget area. Is there any 
   special condition or am I absolutly clumpsy?
 * I are using versions 4.1.0 and 4.1.1.
 * Thanks in advance, Mat.
 * Miguel
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-sidebar-menu/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-sidebar-menu/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mat Lipe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mat-lipe/)
 * (@mat-lipe)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-menu-1/#post-3658022)
 * Hi miguel,
    The categories will only show up when you are viewing a category 
   page or a post in a category if the option is selected to show on single posts.
 * Please confirm that the menu is not showing on category pages and I will digg
   deeper.
 * cheers
 *  Thread Starter [mpd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpd/)
 * (@mpd)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-menu-1/#post-3658028)
 * Thanks a lot, Mat, for your quick answer. I understand now. And it works perfectly.
 * A question: is it possible to show categories menu when I are viewing pages? 
   May be interesting in some cases.
 *  Plugin Author [Mat Lipe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mat-lipe/)
 * (@mat-lipe)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-menu-1/#post-3658047)
 * hi migual,
    The plugin works by displaying related categories and since pages
   have no categories, there is nothing to display.
 * However there is a built in categories widget that will display the categories
   on pages however the options are limited.
 * How this helps
 * Cheers
 *  Thread Starter [mpd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpd/)
 * (@mpd)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-menu-1/#post-3658189)
 * Thank you, Mat.

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