Title: Categories on widget
Last modified: May 10, 2017

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# Categories on widget

 *  [boaTheSnake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boathesnake/)
 * (@boathesnake)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-on-widget/)
 * First of all this is a fantastic plugin. What I am missing is the possibility
   for the subscriber to select the post categories when subscribing on the widget
   or if he confirms the email (on the confirmation page).

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 *  Plugin Author [Devon Ostendorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devonostendorf/)
 * (@devonostendorf)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-on-widget/#post-9123488)
 * Hi Boas,
 * Thank you for trying out Post Notif and for the kind words; I appreciate it!
 * The categories are not presently visible on the subscription widget simply as
   a design decision to keep the widget small and minimize the work for the subscriber
   to complete the form.
 * With regards to the post categories being available for the subscriber to select
   on the confirmation page, that is existing functionality. Have you confirmed,
   in your settings (Settings >> Post Notif) that you are making categories available
   to subscribers? If so, they should be visible and selectable, by the subscriber
   when they confirm their subscription.
 * Thanks,
    Devon
 *  Thread Starter [boaTheSnake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boathesnake/)
 * (@boathesnake)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-on-widget/#post-9123766)
 * Thanks for the answer
    Unfortunately I cannot see the confirmation page, always
   a 404. Maybe that is my issue here, I guess. Do you know where to figure out 
   why this happen?
 * Thanks
    Boas
 *  Plugin Author [Devon Ostendorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devonostendorf/)
 * (@devonostendorf)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-on-widget/#post-9135222)
 * Hi Boas,
 * Oh, OK, that is an issue that has affected several people.
 * My first suggestion is just to confirm that your permalinks are set up properly(
   see the Installation page). If so, then confirm that your subscribers are getting
   inserted into the database (when you sign up a test subscriber can you see them
   from Post Notif >> View Subscribers ?). If you can, that means something is going
   wrong with the plugin’s detection of the subscriber’s personalized confirmation
   URL. Is your site publicly available on the web? If so, can you post the URL 
   so I can try subscribing myself? If not, can you please email me a screenshot
   showing the sample confirmation URL that results in the 404 error? (My email 
   address is my first name at devonostendorf dot com)
 * Thanks,
    Devon

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Devon Ostendorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devonostendorf/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-on-widget/#post-9135222)
 * Status: not a support question