The "Categories" widget in a community refers to a section or component that displays a list of categories within the community platform. Categories are used to organize discussions, topics, or content into distinct groups based on themes, subjects, or topics of interest.

Page Supported: All Pages

Additional Fields

1. Number of Items: Total number of categories to be shown in this widget.

2. Sort By: Parameter by which you want to sort the categories.

3. Sort Order: Ascending or Descending.

4. Filter By Category: Select the categories to be shown in the widget.

5. Show only Category name: It will not show the category description but only the name. (for Strip View)

6. Select menu data to be shown: Choose the specific type of data that will be displayed. (for Menu View)

7. Number of menu items: Number of items to be shown in the widget. (for Menu View)

8. Show categories in current hierarchy: Only the categories within the current level or hierarchy will be displayed, excluding categories from other levels or hierarchies.

9. Hide Categories with no articles: When enabled, this setting hides categories that, on their own (excluding child categories), do not have any articles associated with them.

10. Hide Categories with no articles in hierarchy: This option will hide a category if it does not have any articles within itself and its child categories.

11. Show category title under image: When enabled, the title or name of the category will be displayed below its corresponding image. (for Strip View)

12. Show Description: Enabling this option means that additional descriptive text about the category will be shown, providing more context or details about the category. (for Strip View)