use words "select category" at the top of cpt dropdown

OK – if there isn’t an easy fix like adding something in css – I have another question, the front page has an image with a search in it – when I change that search to home services from places it does not affect the map below which still shows places. And when I click on the home services below that map it changes the map but it doesn’t change the popular categories in the top part with the picture. Is there a way to make them talk to each other – or maybe go to a new home page showing that as the current cpt?

I like the listing widget – that seems to be a great compromise – I just need to upload some images into the cpts which will help identify them – now how do I trade that widget for the popular category widget in the home page image at the top – searched for a way – but there is no “popular category widget” in my home page top section – I think this section that uses the featured image is above the top section as I have the map and search widgets in the top section and they come up under main image. The placement of the image is fine I just want to disable popular categories – with the ability to re-enable them in the future. Thanks – and sorry have so many questions.

thanks again for your help – I found the php page and the shortcode

[gd_popular_post_category category_limit=5]

I’d like to trade it for the shortcode for the cpt listing widget above – but couldn’t find that on the core shortcodes page https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-shortcodes/#ctp-cats please can you tell me the shortcode for the widget so that I can replace the popular category widget with the cpt listing widget. Thanks