Need to rewrite the category.php file

please read https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code and post the full code of category.php

Sorry…I highlighted it and didn’t see a code button, bso I hope this works:

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/8939a7c49edfad87e9ab4af4ba8ebe0b

does not seem to be caused by the category.php template;

what are you adding into the ‘translate’ widget area?

what happens if you temporarily deaticvate all plugins?

as this could be theme specific, please re-post your question in your theme’s forum at https://www.ads-software.com/support/theme/wpspirit-01#postform

The Translate widget has “recent posts”, “recent comments” and “archives”. I have tried deactivating all plugins, didn’t help…

problem is caused by your theme;

if there is no post in a category, the category.php file calls correctly:

<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'none' ); ?>

however, because there is no dedicated content-none.php in the theme, content.php takes over, and somehow manages to show the latest post from the ‘recent posts’ widget.

the problem will disappear automatically when each of your categories will have at least one post in it.

generally, the problem should be solved by creating a content-none.php in your theme.

– please inform the theme’s developer of the issue by posting in https://www.ads-software.com/support/theme/wpspirit-01#postform

for the mean time, you could try this patched version of category.php https://pastebin.com/1W11NMhY

That did it!!! You don’t know how many hours I have spent trying to figure this out. THANK YOU!. Will I need to go back to the original version of the category.php once there are posts in all categories?

Will I need to go back to the original version of the category.php once there are posts in all categories?

not necessarily;

however, with the next upgrade of your theme, your changes will be overwritten and be gone.
hopefully by then, the theme is fixed (in case you have informed the developer).

[to be continued in the theme’s forum at https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/posts-are-showing-up-under-all-catagories?replies=3#post-8288844 – closed here as duplicate]