Title: Creating new category
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Creating new category

 *  Resolved [nanachan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanachan/)
 * (@nanachan)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-new-category/)
 * Hi, is there a way for user to submit a new category for admin approval if it
   doesn’t exist when submitting a new post?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-directory-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-directory-plugin/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-new-category/#post-7665914)
 * Hi nanachan,
 * Sorry that you ran into issues here!
 * Right now, categories must be pre-defined by the admin before they can appear
   in the drop down. That’s something we can consider for future development, but
   not something the plugin allows for today.​​​​​​
 *  Thread Starter [nanachan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanachan/)
 * (@nanachan)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-new-category/#post-7665959)
 * Thanks for the reply. Is this something you can build for a fee?
 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-new-category/#post-7665969)
 * We can definitely consider it.
 * Contact us here and let’s chat further: [http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/contact/](http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/contact/)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-new-category/#post-7665969)
 * Status: resolved