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description: The vendor will choose category when make new event at frontend.
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# Manage Categories

## **1: Add a New Category**

Go to: **Events >> Categories >> Add New**

* **Category Color:** This color will be used as the background for the category on the frontend
* **Custom Checkout Fields**: You can choose to display all or special fields in booking form. To add a new custom checkout field, go to: Events >> Manage Bookings >> Custom Checkout Fields

![List Categories](https://4016371164-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M1-bzGggknMKVWOqg5-%2Fuploads%2FBqs1xZMmg7ajke6jcLhQ%2FScreen%20Shot%202024-08-20%20at%2015.47.01.png?alt=media\&token=25395a50-258c-4194-ba8b-7a3416f0ca2f)

* **Image**: Choose featured image for a category. To upload featured image for a category, choose the category, click edit button, go to image tab and click "Add image" button to upload.&#x20;

![](https://4016371164-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M1-bzGggknMKVWOqg5-%2Fuploads%2ForTK7siGbVuOdyOvfVGB%2FScreen%20Shot%202024-08-20%20at%2015.47.58.png?alt=media\&token=b6d812fa-8d26-4f7c-9048-3e8647a87fc6)

## **2: Display Categories on the Frontend**

Add Category to menu.

![](https://4016371164-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M1-bzGggknMKVWOqg5-%2F-MB3HX90kHrURWX5wWe-%2F-MB3IbJlzbVonc9cuZGt%2FScreen%20Shot%202020-06-30%20at%203.16.01%20PM.jpg?alt=media\&token=6e402395-8e77-48a5-acd1-381aa80e12b2)

![](https://4016371164-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M1-bzGggknMKVWOqg5-%2F-MN6nMsyPl5tY5UiV6cL%2F-MN6oLI3JBhF05_emMk9%2FScreen%20Shot%202020-11-27%20at%2010.48.27%20AM.jpg?alt=media\&token=f8da02d9-5db7-4621-a836-fa7a17bd0905)

If the event titles only display three words, you can show more words by adding the code below to the `functions.php` file in your child theme. Change the value `120` to the number of words you want.

```
add_filter( 'el_title_count_two', function(){ return 120; } );
add_filter( 'el_title_count_three', function(){ return 120; } );
```

## **3: Choose a Category When Making a New Event**

![](https://4016371164-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M1-bzGggknMKVWOqg5-%2F-MDOSrXJI96rqZFyO6BY%2F-MDOTLJG24ZvIxHOiSzu%2FScreen%20Shot%202020-07-29%20at%202.28.33%20PM.jpg?alt=media\&token=4adcbfa4-4dca-4965-9dbc-715a4f8d473a)

## **4: Customize template of Category Page**

#### a) Remove/Customize search form

[Read here](../../../frontend/event-archive-template#id-3-search-form)

#### b) Change layout of event listing page

Go to **Events >> Settings >> Event >> Archive Event Settings**

#### c) Customize layout in child theme

```
Copy code from
Plugins/eventlist/templates/archive-event.php 
to
Themes/meup-child/eventlist/archive-event.php
```
