I have similar problem. Portfolio at my website base on Category. When at the setup page, I select to present All Categories all work fine, but when I try to limit a number of categories, as a “user”
1) I can see the list of categories above the pictures (posts) – and it’s fine
2) when I choose one category (other than All) I see no posts, or only some of them
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