dropdown_cats() WP 0.71

Deprecated from version 2.1.0. It is no longer supported and can be removed in future releases. Use wp_dropdown_categories() instead.╳

Deprecated method for generating a drop-down of categories.

No Hooks.

Return

String. Null. Nothing.

Usage

dropdown_cats($optionall = 1, $all = 'All', $orderby = 'ID', $order = 'asc',;

Notes

See: wp_dropdown_categories()

Changelog

Since 0.71	Introduced.
Deprecated Since 2.1.0		Use wp_dropdown_categories()

Code of `dropdown_cats() dropdown cats` ^{WP 5.7}

wp-includes/deprecated.php

<?php
function dropdown_cats($optionall = 1, $all = 'All', $orderby = 'ID', $order = 'asc',
		$show_last_update = 0, $show_count = 0, $hide_empty = 1, $optionnone = false,
		$selected = 0, $exclude = 0) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0', 'wp_dropdown_categories()' );

	$show_option_all = '';
	if ( $optionall )
		$show_option_all = $all;

	$show_option_none = '';
	if ( $optionnone )
		$show_option_none = __('None');

	$vars = compact('show_option_all', 'show_option_none', 'orderby', 'order',
					'show_last_update', 'show_count', 'hide_empty', 'selected', 'exclude');
	$query = add_query_arg($vars, '');
	return wp_dropdown_categories($query);
}