Two "Categories" widgets containing unique categories?

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  dncb · Member · Apr 14, 2013 at 1:17 am

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  I have a “Categories” widget (drop=down menu) that now contains too many categories; I would like to split the list into two. I have added a new “Categories” widget (different title) but it contains exactly the same categories as the first. How can I have two “Category” widgets which each contain different categories?

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  dncb · Member · Apr 14, 2013 at 2:01 am

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  P.S. the second Category widget (titled “Special Birds”) doesn’t work, i.e. if user selects a category, the postings with that category selected do NOT show up.

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 14, 2013 at 2:22 am

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  The only way to have two different Category widgets, and neither of them listing all the categories, is to write them by hand in a text widget.

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  dncb · Member · Apr 14, 2013 at 5:43 am

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  Thanks for responding, Raincoaster. I haven’t used a Text widget yet; I’m assuming that I would need to add code (html? php? codex?) in order for a Text widget to function like a Categories widget, i.e. like a search engine for blogs that contain a given category. I have limited experience with html.

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  justpi · Member · Apr 14, 2013 at 7:19 am

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  a) You can’t create dropdowns in the sidebar, even if you use a Text widget.
  b) Using Text widgets is neither the only nor the easiest way to create two category lists. You can create two custom menus in Appearance > Menus, then add two Custom Menu widgets. But again they won’t be dropdowns.
  For details on custom menus see this post of mine:

  Custom menus