Wordpress sidebar dropdown url ?cat...number issue

[Taiger]

Hi does anyone know how to fix wordpress sidebar dropdown url ?cat...number

found this below, but still not sure the best way to fix

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-display-category-name-in-url-not-cat-number

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-drop-down-menu-shows-wrong-permalink-structure-1

any ideas?

[MilanB.]

Hi there,

I don't know did I understand you well...Did you changed url structure in WordPress General settings?

If you didn't, it's quite easy to do that...Go to your WP admin dashboard -> click on settings -> click on permalinks -> in common settings select "post name" -> save changes.

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Cheers,

Milan

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[KaneJamison]

Hi Taiger.

I'm assuming the sidebar widget is linking to ?cat=9 instead of /category/category-name/.

It seems like this is a relatively uncommon issue. The simplest fix would be to use a list instead of a dropdown.

If that's not an option, you could look into hardcoding a dropdown menu yourself instead of using the widget code. You'd need to open up the source code, fix the incorrect links, and paste that HTML back into a text widget.

Hope that helps,

-Kane