wp_list_cats exclude categories in sidebar

well a link to your site might be helpful…

<ul>
<?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount=1&exclude=10, 15'); ?>
</ul>

That’s the example given in the codex: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/wp_list_cats

Try copying it exactly, and replace your category numbers, and see what happens…

Do you have categories other than 1 and 6, which are also not children of category 1 or 6?

I think (but am not 100% sure) that if you disable hierarchical, the children categories will not show at all, it’ll only display the top level categories.

So if 1 and 6 are the only two top level cats, you’ll get nothing back from that request. If you want to display *just* the children of a cat, you need to use the child_of parameter.

See here for more info: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/wp_list_cats

Thank you for the fast replies!

ladydelaluna – I’ve copied the code exactly but it still showed as “No categories”.

Otto42 – I do have categories other than 1 and 6. Currently, I have eight total.

Here is the complete code of my sidebar.php (from Blix)

<hr class=”low” />

<!– subcontent …………………………… –>
<div id=”subcontent”>

<?php /**
* Pages navigation. Disabled by default because all new pages are added
* to the main navigation.
* If enabled: Blix default pages are excluded by default.
*/
?>
<h2>Pages</h2>
<ul class=”pages”>
<?php
$excluded = BX_excluded_pages();
wp_list_pages(‘title_li=&sort_column=menu_order&exclude=’.$excluded);
?>

<?php if (is_home() || is_page()) { ?>

<?php
/**
* If a page called “about_short” has been set up its content will be put here.
* In case that a page called “about” has been set up, too, it’ll be linked to via ‘More’.
*/
$pages = BX_get_pages(‘with_content’);
if ($pages) {
foreach ($pages as $page) {
$page_id = $page->ID;
$page_title = $page->post_title;
$page_name = $page->post_name;
$page_content = $page->post_content;

if ($page_name == “about”) $more_url = ‘More‘;
if ($page_name == “about_short”) {
$about_title = $page_title;
$about_text = BX_remove_p($page_content);
}
}
if ($about_text != “”) {
echo “<h2>“.$about_title.”</h2>\n”;
echo “”.$about_text;
if ($more_url != “”) echo ” “.$more_url;
echo “\n”;
}
}
?>

<h2>Categories</h2>

<ul class=”categories”>
<?php wp_list_cats(‘sort_column=name&optioncount=1&exclude=1, 2’); ?>

<h2>Authors:</h2> <ul class=”categories”>
<?php wp_list_authors(‘exclude_admin=0&hide_empty=0’); ?>

<?php } ?>

<?php if (is_single()) { ?>

<h2>Calendar</h2>

<?php get_calendar() ?>

<h2>Most Recent Posts</h2>

<ul class=”posts”>
<?php BX_get_recent_posts($p,10); ?>

<?php } ?>

<?php if (is_page(“archives”) || is_archive() || is_search()) { ?>

<h2>Calendar</h2>

<?php get_calendar() ?>

<?php if (!is_page(“archives”)) { ?>

<h2>Posts by Month</h2>

<ul class=”months”>
<?php get_archives(‘monthly’,”,”,’

• ‘,’

‘,”); ?>

<?php } ?>

<h2>Posts by Category</h2>

<ul class=”categories”>
<?php wp_list_cats(‘sort_column=name&hide_empty=0’); ?>

<?php } ?>

</div> <!– /subcontent –>

ladydelaluna – This is exactly what I needed. Thanks for posting