# Categories Missing from \`categories.json\` Despite Existing in the System (Custom Theme)

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**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [May 10, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-missing-from-categories-json-despite-existing-in-the-system-custom-theme/365544 "2025-05-10T00:50:27Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-missing-from-categories-json-despite-existing-in-the-system-custom-theme/365544/5 "2025-05-10T12:14:56Z")

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Sounds like I’m right. It would be silly to have latest send a bunch of categories that are not used on the outage. I think what I would do is either hard code the categories you want or put them in a theme setting.

You could also make an Ajax call, but that would slow things down.

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