# Terms List

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Display a list of all terms of a given taxonomy.

- **Name:** `core/categories`
- **Category:** [widgets](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-widgets/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Dynamic](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (server-rendered)
- **Keywords:** `categories`

## Attributes

_Defined via the [`attributes`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/) property in block.json._

| Attribute | [Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#type-validation) | [Default](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#default-value) | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `taxonomy` | `string` | `"category"` | — |
| `displayAsDropdown` | `boolean` | `false` | — |
| `showHierarchy` | `boolean` | `false` | — |
| `showPostCounts` | `boolean` | `false` | — |
| `showOnlyTopLevel` | `boolean` | `false` | — |
| `showEmpty` | `boolean` | `false` | — |
| `label` | `string` | — | [Role](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#role): `content` |
| `showLabel` | `boolean` | `true` | — |

## Supports

_Defined via the [`supports`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/) property in block.json._

- [`anchor`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#anchor): `true`
- [`align`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#align): `true`
- [`html`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#html): `false`
- [`spacing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#spacing):
  - `margin`: `true`
  - `padding`: `true`
- [`typography`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography):
  - [`fontSize`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-fontsize): `true`
  - [`lineHeight`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-lineheight): `true`
- [`color`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color):
  - [`gradients`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-gradients): `true`
  - [`link`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-link): `true`
- [`interactivity`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#interactivity):
  - `clientNavigation`: `true`

## Context

_Defined via the [`usesContext` and `providesContext`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-context/) properties in block.json._

**Uses context:**

- `enhancedPagination`

## Block Markup

This is a [**dynamic block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). It is rendered on the server and does not save HTML in post content.

In post content, it is stored as a block comment:

```html
<!-- wp:core/categories {"showPostCounts":false,"displayAsDropdown":false,"showHierarchy":false} /-->
```

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/categories/block.json) ([reference](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/))
- [Source directory](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/categories/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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