*Your future self counts as another person $tax_drop = wp_list_categories( $tax_dp_args ); $tax_drop = '<option href="#search_all">Select Offer Type</option>'. $tax_drop; $tax_drop = preg_replace("#<li([^>]*)>#", "", $tax_drop); $tax_drop = str_replace( '</li>','',$tax_drop); $tax_drop = str_replace( '<a', '<option', $tax_drop ); $tax_drop = str_replace( '</a>', '</option>', $tax_drop ); $tax_drop = str_replace( 'View all posts filed under', '', $tax_drop); $tax_drop = preg_replace( "#href=\"([^\"]*)\"#", "href=\"$1\"", $tax_drop); $tax_drop = preg_replace("#<\/option> \(([0-9]*)\)<option ([^>]*)>([a- zA-Z]*)#", "</option>$2<option $2> ($1) $3", $tax_drop);