Ordering Categories

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  worthingtonpost · Member · Jul 3, 2012 at 7:57 pm

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  How do I order categories? I would like them to appear in a certain order that is NOT alphabetical. Is it possible to change the order in which they appear in the sidebar? The categories are,

  Life
  Liberty
  Happiness

  I’d like them to appear in that order, but I have spent a good deal of time searching support and google, and have had no luck. Thank you so much, in advance!
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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 3, 2012 at 10:22 pm

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  You can use a Custom Menu widget to order them any way you want. That’s the easiest. But you have to update it every time you add another category.

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  worthingtonpost · Member · Jul 3, 2012 at 10:44 pm

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  Thank you!!! I will try it now!

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 3, 2012 at 10:50 pm

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  You’re welcome. You can also use a Text Widget too.

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  worthingtonpost · Member · Jul 3, 2012 at 10:51 pm

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  Okay, technomoron alert. Sorry. How do I add categories to the Custom Menu widget? Do I need to do a separate Custom Menu widget for each category?

  If so, how do I put posts into those categories? (Might be getting ahead of myself…)

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  justpi · Member · Jul 4, 2012 at 12:50 am

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  See here:

  Custom menus

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 4, 2012 at 12:54 am

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  The posts already have to be in the categories, or they won’t show on the category pages, naturally. Here are the instructions for Custom Menu Widgets. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/custom-menu-widget/