Title: Hide categories
Last modified: January 12, 2021

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# Hide categories

 *  [Paweł](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sysoply/)
 * (@sysoply)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-categories-14/)
 * Hi,
    I need to hide categories. Default all categories is shown. I have a lot
   of **private post and I need to hide categories of private posts.** It’s possible
   to hide categories of private posts ?

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 *  Plugin Author [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/)
 * (@diddledani)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-categories-14/#post-14600575)
 * Hi,
 * You cannot hide categories in the manner that you describe. The only way to hide
   categories in the list is with the `exclude-terms` attribute:
 * `[a-z-listing display=”terms” taxonomy=”category” exclude-terms=”2,5,8″
    ]

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