Title: Category list styling question
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Category list styling question

 *  Resolved [volleybum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/volleybum/)
 * (@volleybum)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-list-styling-question/)
 * I’m using <?php wp_list_cats(‘sort_column=name&optioncount=1’) ?> with inline
   styling to display a horizontal category list on my main archive page. When a
   viewer clicks on one of the displayed category titles, they are taken to the 
   archive.php page which displays only the category they selected. I’ve also included
   the <?php wp_list_cats(‘sort_column=name&optioncount=1’) ?> inline styled horizontal
   category list on my archive.php page. I’d like to know if there is a way to style
   the specific categories in the horizontal list so that when a viewer is looking
   at a specific category’s archive page, the corresponding category title text 
   on the list will be a different color than the rest of the category titles, indicating
   which page they’re looking at. So basically I want to know how to change the 
   color of the active link in my horizontal category list. Sorry if my explanation
   seems convoluted. Thanks!

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-list-styling-question/#post-430764)
 * theres a plugin for that:
 * highlight current category:
 * [http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/2005/10/27/highlight-current-category](http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/2005/10/27/highlight-current-category)

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-list-styling-question/#post-430764)
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