> Portal Navigation:
> 
> - Append `.md` to any URL under `https://dev.wix.com/docs/` to get its markdown version.
> - Pages are either content pages (article or reference text) or menu pages (a list of links to child pages).
> - To get a menu page, truncate any URL to a parent path and append `.md` (e.g. `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk.md`, `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules.md`).
> - Top-level index of all portals: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms.txt
> - Full concatenated docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms-full.txt

## Resource: Categories



## Article: Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-forum-v2/categories/introduction.md

## Article Content:

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title: Introduction
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# Introduction

 

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The Categories API allows a site visitor to get and query forum categories.
Categories allow you to sort your forum posts into different groups. They give your 
readers a general idea of what your forum posts are about. 


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To use the Categories API, import `{ categories }` from the `wix-forum.v2` module:

```javascript
import { categories } from 'wix-forum.v2';
```