Title: Adding Sub-Categories
Last modified: October 12, 2017

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# Adding Sub-Categories

 *  [nrtdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrtdesign/)
 * (@nrtdesign)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-sub-categories-3/)
 * Is there a way to add searchable sub-categories to the main categories? So in
   other words, everyone would be assigned a main category and then a sub-category,
   and then in the list view the user would be able to select the main category 
   and then subcategory to view all those that fit that specific criteria.

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 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-sub-categories-3/#post-9582903)
 * There isn’t a way to do this in the plugin as it is, but you can create a custom
   search control that will do this.
 * You’ll need to know some PHP and javascript to get this done, you can set something
   like this up in a custom template. Here’s a tutorial that explains how that can
   be done.
 * [Dropdown Selectors: limit selections based on another selector](https://xnau.com/dropdown-selectors-limit-selections-based-on-another-selector/)
 *  Thread Starter [nrtdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrtdesign/)
 * (@nrtdesign)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-sub-categories-3/#post-9584601)
 * Will the Chosen Selector Add-On perform the same function?
 * I noticed the example in your documentation was for the registration page, but
   will it also work on the listing page and display only results that fit the selected
   criteria?
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-sub-categories-3/#post-9585368)
 * To implement this in a search control, you would need to build a custom search
   control that includes the Javascript to make it dynamic. It is possible to construct
   a search control that operates on more than one field, which is what you’d need
   probably.
 * The Chosen Selector add-on doesn’t have this kind of functionality, so that won’t
   help you.
 * I’ve considered ways to implement this as a feature in the Combo Multisearch 
   add-on, but at this point it’s just an item on the to-do list.
 * Generally speaking this is an advanced application you’ll need to have some coding
   skills to achieve. If you need more detail on how to set up a simple multiple
   field search control, I can provide that.

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