Category List Styling

There are a couple options here. You can either just take out the WordPress code that generates the category list and put in your own (that references images/buttons). This is found in the file wp-content/themes/THEME_NAME/sidebar.php. Comment out the <?php wp_list_cats(); ?> part.

This is pretty easy, however, should you add new categories, your sidebar will not dynamically update. You will have to update the code every time you do. The other not-so-easy option is to update the wp_list_cats() function itself. This can be found in wp-includes/template-functions-category.php. It’s pretty robust with different frameworks if there is 1 category or multiple categories. I’d recommend making a backup before editing this. Good luck.

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