Title and Dropdown not working with Archive and Category Widgets

warwickvegan · Member · Sep 10, 2021 at 1:53 am
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Hello, I am using the Twenty Sixteen template and have added Widgets for Archive and Category. For neither of these can the title be displayed or is there the option to have the list as a drop down, as used to be the case with the legacy format. Is it possible that a title can be added and dropdown functionality restored?

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aleone89 · Staff · Sep 10, 2021 at 11:02 am
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Hello there,

Happy to help you with this.

To add a title you would need to add an extra heading block above those widgets.

With regards to changing these to a drop down, you should be able to do this via the block options via the widgets page here:

https://warwickvegan.wordpress.com/wp-admin/widgets.php

I hope this helps.
warwickvegan · Member · Sep 11, 2021 at 7:54 am
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Thanks, but drop down option doesn’t appear in the edits. It looks like WordPress has removed that functionality. It is possible that WordPress could add it back in?
supernovia · Staff · Sep 12, 2021 at 12:43 am
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Hi @warwickvegan, it should still be there, though it’s moved a bit.

While in Customize Widgets, click on the widget, then tap the three dots. You should see an option for settings, and the drop down will be there. Want to give that a try?
warwickvegan · Member · Sep 12, 2021 at 8:21 am
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Got it now thanks, much appreciated!

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