How Do I Make Only My Parent Categories Appear In My Sidebar?

How Do I Make Only My Parent Categories Appear In My Sidebar....I don't want the subcategories to show....Is there a plug in or coding that I can use, because I've searched everywhere and can't find a solution

 

This post from Wordpress may help you..

 

+ Rep for trying but I've seen that thread post already...I've basically seen all the topics on it in the Wordpress and most of the results from searching Google...it doesn't seem like there's an answer to this

 

@kloop: Have you tried this option form this post http://ericulous.com/2007/10/09/how-to-hide-sub-categories-in-the-sidebar/

Should be straight forward with adding the string .children { display:none; } to your css file.

 

Thx for trying but that didn't work for me and that plugin link on the page doesn't even work

 

@kloop: I see you are on WP version 2.5.1, so that is good news.
You could change the code in your sidebar to <?php wp_list_cats('orderby=name&depth=1'); ?>
Where to depth=1 only will show your topcategoriees, this is new from WP 2.5 up.

 

OMG!?! Your the Best, Worked Perfectly

 

edit one of the posts that are in the sub-category, and make it post to parent category too.

it will make no difference to your blog as the parent cat displays all sub-cat posts anyway, and it will not show in the sidebar unless it has a post made directly to it.

hope that helps