Excluded categories still show in the widget
Categories entered as excluded or hidden in the widget settings still appear in the sidebar list.
5 public reports · first reported 31 March 2015 · last reported 30 May 2017
What's going wrong
Site owners using the Pro Categories Widget report that categories they excluded by ID, or chose to hide through the visibility setting, still appear in the sidebar list. Some could not hide or show anything at all with the visibility function, and others saw the wrong mix of categories after picking three to display. The problem appears on blogs with simple setups and on sites with many categories, so owners cannot tell whether the settings were saved incorrectly or ignored. The result is cluttered navigation that shows content the owner meant to keep out of the sidebar. A tool that previews exactly what the widget will output for a given rule set would help owners confirm their settings before publishing.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.
Products affected
Pro Categories Widget.
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Who has this problem
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