Show all categories on add event form

[David]

On the Submit an Event form, how can I force all categories to be displayed by default (currently shows 9 + a link to show all categories)?

The solution from 2015 here no longer seems to work. https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/show-all-categories-when-posting-a-new-event/

[Barry]

Hi David!

A few things have changed since then and there is indeed an easier, safer way:

function __return_1000() {
	return 1000;
}

add_filter( 'tribe_events_community_category_dropdown_shown_item_count', '__return_1000' );

Some code like the above, which you could add either to a custom plugin or – if you need to/prefer to – your theme or child theme’s functions.php file, ought to do the trick. In the unlikely event you have more than 1,000 categories you could of course increment the value here:

return 1000;

Hope that helps 🙂

[David]

Thank you, worked like a charm!

[Barry]

Fantastic 🙂

I’ll go ahead and close this topic. Incidentally, if your experience with our The Events Calendar-based products generally has been positive, we’d love to hear from you over here!

Thanks again!

[Author]

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