Showing specific categories

Question

I'd like to show only specific wordpress categories (with their sub-categories nested), so for example:

• Main Category 1

  • Sub Category 1.1
  • Sub Category 1.2

• Main Category 5

  • Sub Category 2.1
  • Sub Category 2.2

... I can hardcode it inside the sidebar template, but I'd like to know if there's any existing plugin/widget that allows this so I can easily manage category selection/update via admin panel.

Many thanks

Answer 1

You can accomplish this using the wp-list-categories tag. I'm assuming you're customising your template and this came up?

The function has enough parameters to customise it as you need.