I can’t add categories in Post Categories Widget

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    mushibunken · Member ·

    Hello, I have problem with editing a site, I can’t add categories in Post Categories Widget, there are no choice or tool to selecting a categories, what should I do. Thankyou.

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    stevenlinx · Member ·

    Hi there,

    I assume you’re referring to the “Post Categories Widget” plug-in.

    WP Categories Widget

    To add categories, you’ll need to use the default tool first:
    WP Admin -> Posts -> Categories

    To select which categories to use in “Post Categories Widget”, go to:
    WP Admin -> Appearnce -> Widgets -> click “Post Categories Widget” -> add widget

    then, assuming you’ve added to the footer, expand the menu “Post Categories Widget”, you should be able to see a menu allows you to select the categories.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Your site at http://mushibunken.wordpress.com/ doesn’t have a widget area. Can you point me to where on your site you’re using the Categories block?

    The Categories widget/block on WordPress.com automatically lists all categories on your site that have published posts assigned to them. That widget doesn’t have an option to only display certain categories.

    And if you’ve created a new category but that category doesn’t contain any posts yet, the category won’t display in the widget. It will only appear in the widget once you have at least one post assigned to it.

    You can find details on how this block works here:

    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/categories-block/


    @stevenlinx    , free sites on WordPress.com cannot use plugins, as that feature is only available on our Business Plan. When replying to questions, make sure to check the WordPress.com support documentation for accurate information on how this platform works – many things here don’t work the same as it does on the open source WordPress software made on WordPress.org.

    You can see our volunteer guide for more tips for helping in our forums :)

    https://wordpress.com/en/support/wordpress-com-volunteers/

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