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Vantage Premium Sidebar: Categories to show only top level category

Is it possible in the template used for the Vantage sidebar to show only the top level category?

I have main categories (parents) and a number of sub-categories but would like to show only the top-level (parent) in the side-bar.

A specific example from my blog page at http://www.canda-international.com/blog-2/:
There is a parent category Events and a sub category Tappi and yet both are showing in the category list.

Would value some help.

Thanks, Nick

URL: http://www.canda-international.com/blog-2/

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  1. 9 years, 5 months ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Hi Nick

    Thanks for reaching out. The core Categories widget unfortunately doesn’t have the functionality you’re looking for. I’d recommend looking for a plugin that can add a new category widget to help with this:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=categories+widget

    I unfortunately haven’t used one.

    I just checked this widget: https://wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-categories-list/ it can collapse your categories under the parent, you then expose the children by clicking on the parent. If that something you’d like then give it a try.

  2. 9 years, 4 months ago Nick Dunlop-Jones

    Hi Andrew

    I have finally managed to get the time to come back to this – thank you for your help. The question I have now is how to use the suggested widget with the Vantage Premium template. I have activated the jQuery Categories List Widget but have no idea how to get it to override the current sidebar/categories. Could you suggest how I do this?

    Thank you.

    Nick

  3. 9 years, 4 months ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Sure. Go to Appearance > Widgets, open the Categories widget in the Sidebar widget area and delete it. Then add your new widget.

    Hope that helps.

  4. 9 years, 4 months ago Nick Dunlop-Jones

    That’s fantastic …. works well. Thank you very much for your help.

    Nick

  5. 9 years, 4 months ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Awesome :) Glad to hear that did the trick.

    All the best.

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