One of the most often task on a wordpress blog is to list categories as links. Â You may want to create a horizontal menu, Â add them to the sidebar or simply a custom area with custom css, now do not forget the plugin options. Â There are many ways to approach this problem.
More than one Solution
The first approach would be to create a top submenu.  This is very useful.  In order to accomplish this  - you need to use the   wp_list_categories($args);  to exclude a category ID, insert  exclude=ID#  as the argument.  You can also control the depth.  For in depth information on the WP list category template tag visit this link.
Remember to add your code inside a UL Li tags and create your CSS for it. You can check how to create a horizontal menu at this link.
<ul>
<?php wp_list_categories('orderby=name&include=3,5,9,16');Â ?>
</ul>
Sidebar Widget
The next solution is using a sidebar widget. Â Simply visit your widget panel and drag the categories option to the sidebar. Â This is quick, simple very fast to do. Â There are also plugins that come widgetized.
Category WordPress Plugins
There are a number of plugins solutions also available.
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