# Vertical Navigation with Categories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/vertical-navigation-with-categories/160994
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vertical-navigation-with-categories/160994 "2020-08-15T19:17:31Z")
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### Author: ![omerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/omerk/32/152721_2.png) [@omerk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omerk)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vertical-navigation-with-categories/160994/1 "2020-08-15T19:17:31Z")

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I’d like to add vertical navigation on the left-hand side of my Discourse site which lists all the categories. And I’d like this to be displayed on every page of the site like this:

 ![sidebar-categories](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/b/6becd6ea0f5c6c3a3018b6d688f348e16416cf7a.png)

I’ve seen the [Custom Layouts Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-layouts-plugin/55208) which looks awesome! But I’m hosting my site on [Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting) and can’t install any plugins without upgrading to a pro plan.

Which means I’d be paying an additional $120/year just for a sidebar category list.

If that’s the only way to do, then I’ll have to do that. But is there a simpler way to get a simple navigation like this using a theme component instead of a plugin?