# Ability to reorder categories in the sidebar

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-reorder-categories-in-the-sidebar/241730>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** sidebar\
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-reorder-categories-in-the-sidebar/241730 "2022-10-12T16:18:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcdanlj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcdanlj/32/131829_2.png) [@mcdanlj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcdanlj)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-reorder-categories-in-the-sidebar/241730/26 "2022-11-05T20:14:05Z")

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> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> The order of categories in the sidebar now respects the `fixed_category_positions` site setting

I wish I could provide more than a single ❤ for this change. Thank you so much @tgxworld for implementing this!

The more I use the sidebar, the more I like it, and this was the one thing left making it not work well for my largest forum. This is awesome!

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