Title: Hide categories
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Hide categories

 *  Resolved [mmurch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmurch/)
 * (@mmurch)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-categories-7/)
 * I would like to hide the categories list on the main directory page and only 
   have them show in the drop down under the Advanced Search. I would also like 
   to have the Advanced Search page be the page that comes up when going to the 
   directory instead of having to drill to that. Can you tell me how to do these?
 * [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)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-categories-7/#post-6894375)
 * Hi mmurch,
 * I can help you here, no problem.
 * While you can’t configure the directory to switch the search page for the primary
   page of the directory, what you CAN do is use a shortcode (documented here: [http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/support-forum/faq/valid-bd-shortcodes-2-1/](http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/support-forum/faq/valid-bd-shortcodes-2-1/))
   to pop up the search page on any page of your site. That way you can have users
   start there on a homepage, for example.
 * As for hiding the categories, we have a setting that allows you to show the categories,
   or the categories and listings (“Show listings under categories on main page?”
   under the Listings tab), but we don’t have one for just the listings.
 * You could use some custom CSS to hide that section above the listing if you want(
   using “display:none” without the quotes). Here is an article about how to use
   custom CSS with Business Directory in a way that doesn’t get overwritten on upgrade
   of BD: [http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/support-forum/faq/how-to-use-custom-styles-with-bd-2-1/](http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/support-forum/faq/how-to-use-custom-styles-with-bd-2-1/)
 * That’s the best workaround I can offer there for now.
 *  Thread Starter [mmurch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmurch/)
 * (@mmurch)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-categories-7/#post-6894416)
 * Thank you so much! Just by adding the short code to direct users to the advanced
   search page, the categories no longer show, exactly what I needed to accomplish.
 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-categories-7/#post-6894424)
 * Glad to hear it!
 * Please let me know if you have any other questions or issues!

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-categories-7/#post-6894424)
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