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title: "Avada theme Portfolio post type conflict"
date: 2023-06-01
author: "nK"
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# Avada theme Portfolio post type conflict

## Symptom

With Avada Core active, the **Categories** entry disappears from the Visual Portfolio menu.

[![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.17.58-246x300.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.17.58-246x300.png)](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.17.58.png)## Cause

Avada registers its own Portfolio post type and taxonomies under the same names as the plugin’s, so only one of the two menus is registered.

## Fix

Pick one of three ways out: turn off Avada’s portfolio, turn off the plugin’s portfolio, or keep both and reach the categories through Avada’s menu.

### Turn off the Avada portfolio

Open Avada → Options → Advanced → Post Types and turn the Avada Portfolio off.

[![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.22.52-1024x572.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.22.52-1024x572.png)](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.22.52.png)Click **Save Changes** and refresh the page. The plugin’s Categories entry is back in the Visual Portfolio menu.

[![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.25.31-288x300.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.25.31-288x300.png)](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.25.31.png)### Turn off the plugin’s portfolio

Open Visual Portfolio → Settings → General and turn **Register Portfolio Post Type** off.

[![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.29.02-1024x393.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.29.02-1024x393.png)](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.29.02.png)Click **Save Changes**. The projects you already created stay in the database, but they are no longer reachable from the admin menu while the option is off.

[![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.30.04-292x300.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.30.04-292x300.png)](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.30.04.png)### Keep both post types

Both can stay registered. The plugin’s Categories are then listed under Avada’s Portfolio menu instead of its own.

[![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.33.13-201x300.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.33.13-201x300.png)](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.33.13.png)