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Categories 55-58 are children of category 54.

{exp:channel:categories channel="news" category_group="8" style="linear" show="55|56|57|58" show_empty="yes"}
{category_name}
{/exp:channel:categories}

The above doesn’t display anything.

{exp:channel:categories channel="news" category_group="8" style="linear" show="54|55|56|57|58" show_empty="yes"}
{category_name}
{/exp:channel:categories}

If I add 54 (parent) to the list, it displays fine - but I don’t want to display the parent, only the children.

Would this be considered a bug - or am I doing something wrong?

Faced similar problems, i think its a bug.

What version and build are you using? Any extensions? Are all entries assigned to exactly one category?

ExpressionEngine v2.1.0, Build:  20100810
No Extension, i checked on a fresh installation too

kodegeek,

Can you share the template code you are using and describe what you are trying to do please?

Also please update to EE2.1.1 so we are troubleshooting from the same page

Hi John,
here is the template code

{exp:channel:categories channel="news" category_group="1" show="8|9" show_empty="yes"}
  {category_name}

 {/exp:channel:categories}

This doesnt show the categories where 8,9 are subcategories of 2. But if i put show=“2|8|9”, it works.

kodegeek,

Can you share the template code you are using and describe what you are trying to do please?

Also please update to EE2.1.1 so we are troubleshooting from the same page

I’m using EEv2.1.1 (latest build).

There is a way around the problem:

{exp:channel:categories channel="news" category_group="1" show="8|9|10" show_empty="yes"}
{if category_id != "8"}
{category_name}
{/if}
{/exp:channel:categories}

Where category 8 is parent of 9 and 10.

In my case, children categories did contain entries (but that shouldn’t matter as we both used show_empty=“yes”).

Still, it looks like a bug.

Hi Milan & Musa,

Glad that you found a way ahead with this but it is not a bug. As per the documentation the parent category is required for any and all children categories.

Cheers

Greg