Title: Issue with category selection
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Issue with category selection

 *  Resolved [mattfcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattfcom/)
 * (@mattfcom)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-category-selection/)
 * I am attempting to allow people to submit their own listings for my directories.
 * When I’m managing my fields, I see that category selection is necessary for the
   plugin to operate properly.
 * However, when I attempt to use the category selection with a drop-down select
   list no window appears for me to input options and, as a result, I am stuck with
   a drop-down select list with just one option of “general.”
 * I really need to get rid of that frustrating step asap so any help would be much
   appreciated. Thank you.
 * [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)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-category-selection/#post-5805715)
 * Hi mattfcom,
 * Sorry you ran into issues here–let me make sure I understand the issue.
 * Do you only have one category in your directory and that’s just an unnecessary
   step you want to eliminate?
 * OR–do you have more than 1 category, and they’re not showing?
 * What version of BD is this with?
 *  Thread Starter [mattfcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattfcom/)
 * (@mattfcom)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-category-selection/#post-5805782)
 * [My website](http://womenskickboxingclass.com/)
 * If you try to submit a listing it is the first step.
 * I would like to eliminate it or change it to a mult-select list with each US 
   state. The issue with the latter is that when I try to do that in my admin panel
   it gives the option but not the space to insert a comma separated list.
 * As for the version, I downloaded the plugin two days ago, so, I assume it is 
   the latest version.
 * Thanks for your time.
 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-category-selection/#post-5805790)
 * The categories are always the first step to be selected–that’s intentional because
   we tie fee plans to categories, so you need to pick a category so we know what
   to display in the submit form as well as the payment screen. It’s not something
   that can be skipped in the workflow.
 * If you want to change the categories to be US states, that would probably give
   you what you want, although if you’re running Regions module, you won’t get the
   hierarchical search and filtering that it provides.
 * I’m not sure what field you tried to put the states in–but you’ll need to change
   the categories under Directory->Directory Categories to make that first screen
   a list of US states instead.

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 * Last reply from: [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-category-selection/#post-5805790)
 * Status: resolved