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Make category dropdown select available in frontend post creation form

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  • August 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM #50155
    concan@gmail.com[email protected]
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    I'd like to use MB to let users create posts on the frontend.
    The issue seems simple, but I couldn't find a solution yet.
    The user creating a post should be required to pick a category for his post.

    How do I make a dropdown select field available that's filled with my existing categories?
    I mean I know how to add a dropdown custom field, but how do get my existing categories listed as choices? And of course the form submission should assign the post to the chosen category.

    August 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM #50158
    PeterPeter
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    Hello,

    Thanks for reaching out.

    You can use the field taxonomy to display the list of categories in the frontend and assign the selected category to the created post. Please read more about the taxonomy field in the documentation
    https://docs.metabox.io/fields/taxonomy/

    August 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM #50162
    concan@gmail.com[email protected]
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    Thank you.

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