Catergories Sidebar Dropdown Not Resolving to Pretty Links

Have you tried:

– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

– switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

Thanks. I’d done all that except resetting plugins folder, and just tried that, but the problem remains.

looking at the source code of any page on my blog, the relevant script is

<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
	var dropdown = document.getElementById("cat");
	function onCatChange() {
		if ( dropdown.options[dropdown.selectedIndex].value > 0 ) {
			location.href = "https://www.gregdorter.com/toronto-therapist-blog/<strong>?cat="+dropdown.options[dropdown.selectedIndex].value</strong>;
		}
	}
	dropdown.onchange = onCatChange;
/* ]]> */
</script>

But I don’t know where I can change that.

I noticed I was using wp_list_cats in sidebar.php and that wp_list_cats is depreciated, but changed it to the wp_list_categories and no difference.

So I guess there’s nothing I can do?

asdfqwer

I see you fixed the your problem! How did you do it? I’m having the same issue with wp_dropdown_categories. WordPress doesn’t redirect to the pretty link, the url is just ?cat=31..
PS: this is a custom theme in progress running on my pc. Tried the TwentyEleven theme, same issue

Here is the snippet I use:

<form action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/" method="get">
	<div>
		<?php
			$select = wp_dropdown_categories('show_option_none=Select Category&orderby=name&echo=0&hide_empty=0&hierarchical=1');
			$select = preg_replace("#<select([^>]*)>#", "<select$1 onchange='return this.form.submit()'>", $select);
			echo $select;
		?>
		<noscript><div><input type="submit" value="View" /></div></noscript>
	</div>
</form>