{"id":1021058,"date":"2015-11-02T17:42:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T01:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/how-to-make-event-categories-a-required-field\/"},"modified":"2016-02-18T08:30:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T16:30:17","slug":"how-to-make-event-categories-a-required-field","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/how-to-make-event-categories-a-required-field\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make Event Categories a required field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I make the <em>Events Categories<\/em> a required field.  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