Title: empty parent categories
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# empty parent categories

 *  [Skeary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeary/)
 * (@skeary)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-parent-categories/)
 * I want to make categories that are just to organize more specific subcategories
   but not actually have any posts in them.
 * I need to somehow make it show empty categories, because right now if I have
   -
   Parent Category (0) -subcategory (14) it doesn’t show up on the sidebar (presumably
   since the parent category is empty)
 * Or perhaps there a better way of doing it.
 * I found this hack: [http://www.andrew-hall-artist.com/journal/index.php?p=69](http://www.andrew-hall-artist.com/journal/index.php?p=69)
   
   and i’m not totally sure what it will do (nor can I find the code in question
   to remove) or if I would want it for what I’m attempting.
 * please advise
 * (website is [http://slipstream.brokenuniverse.com/wp](http://slipstream.brokenuniverse.com/wp)
   but it is a bit fubar right now)

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 *  Thread Starter [Skeary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeary/)
 * (@skeary)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-parent-categories/#post-237022)
 * this seems to be mostly easier than i thought
    ([http://wordpress.org/support/topic/6761](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/6761),
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/19818](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/19818))
 * sorry for pestering. i *thought* i did some searching beforehand, but it all 
   depends on what angle you go at a topic i guess
 *  [Lorelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorelle/)
 * (@lorelle)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-parent-categories/#post-237128)
 * Ah, the woe of a lot of searches, but thanks for admitting you found it and where
   you found it. It helps others when they go searching to know the solutions you
   found.
 * Thanks!

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## Tags

 * [empty](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/empty/)
 * [parent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parent/)
 * [subcategories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subcategories/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Lorelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorelle/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-parent-categories/#post-237128)
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