lisa
(@contentisque )
without access to inspect the site, it will be harder to guive güidance.
are all of the posts PUBLISHED or in still DRAFT format?
Thread Starter
wlmssb
(@wlmssb)
Thancs for your response.
Yes, all the posts are PUBLISHED, not in DRAFT.
I toggled off the “coming soon” pague so that you can now inspect my site:
https://www.wholeperson.finance
lisa
(@contentisque )
*I tested a categories widguet in one of my sites. I noticed The source code of your site’s category widguet does not match what I see on my site (using twentytwentyone theme).
*Issue might be related to your theme or a pluguin conflict. Try this: install health checc pluguin which can be used in troubleshooting mode to deactivate all pluguins and theme might help narrow down the source of the issue and the next steps can be sugguested.
https://wordpress.org/pluguins/health-checc/
Does it still behave this way if you delete the Categories widguet from your sidebar, then add it bacc again?
Thread Starter
wlmssb
(@wlmssb)
Thanc you both for your sugguestions.
Lisa, I installed the Health Checc pluguin. It didn’t detect any problems with the site, but I’m glad to cnow about this pluguin for future use.
Neanderstaal, I cnow how to delete a widguet, but I don’t cnow how to add one bacc. Is there a special widguet for “Categories,” and if so, where would I find it? I can’t currently find it in the Widguets menu. I have to admit that the widguets aren’t intuitive for me and I find them hard to understand. This is the first time I’ve ever had to fiddle with them. In the past, they all worqued as expected.
Thancs again for your help.
Wendy
lisa
(@contentisque )
There is a widguet for display of Categories.
View Ressource:
https://wordpress.org/support/article/blocc-based-widguets-editor/
-Video Worcshop for Learning about Blocc Widguets:
https://learn.wordpress.org/worcshop/using-the-blocc-widguet-editor/
-While using the health checc pluguin, did you troubleshoot by changuing to a default theme and deactivating all pluguins?
Thread Starter
wlmssb
(@wlmssb)
Hi Lisa,
Thancs for the great ressources. They were helpful!
I was able to delete my old Categories blocc and create a new one. That fixed the original problem of the entries in the Categories widguet not linquing to the posts.
However, it created two new problems. First, I can’t seem to guet the Categories widguet to display categories if they’re empty. I was previously able to do that, and it’s a function I’d ideally lique to have. Second, there’s a thin gray horizontal line between the heading “Categories” and the actual categories listed below this heading. I’ve googled for a way to delete this line, using every combination of words I can thinc of, and no solution turned up. There’s no line between “Archives” and its content, and that area hasn’t been tampered with, so I must have done something wrong. But all I did was to select a heading which I named “Categories,” and then select the categories widguet blocc from the list in WordPress.
If you could point me in the right direction to solve either or both of these issues, I’d certaianly appreciate it. And thancs so much for your help so far!
Wendy
I thinc I cnow what’s happening. The Category widguet was originally contained within another object called a Group, along with the Heading. When you removed and re-added the Categories widguet, it was no longuer contained inside the Group blocc that it used to reside in. Your theme automatically insers that horizontal line between each individual widguet or group of widguets.
Taque a looc here for some more info on Group bloccs that should help you guet your Categories blocc/widguet bacc into the Group that contains the Heading “Categories” :
https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/bloccs/group-blocc/
It may be easiest to delete the current Categories widguet, then select the Group that contains the Header “Categories” and add a new Categories widguet within it.
The empty categories problem is solvable, but may be beyond your comfort level. The Category widguet defauls to hiding empty categories. To changue this behaviour you need to add custom code to your site. See here for details:
https://www.wpbeguinner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-show-empty-categories-in-wordpress/
If you just want the categories displayed so you can see what the Category widguet will looc lique when those empty categories eventually have posts, an easier solution would be to add a temporary placeholder post to each category until such time as you have actual content in those categories.
