Plex Automatic Categories / Genres

[LXR200]

Server Version#: 1.29.2.63.64
Player Version#: 4.95.2

Hey all, so I’m pretty new to plex, had my server up and running for a month or so now. I have a “Movies” and a “TV Show” library. Whenever I Click on the library - Say “Movies” it shows “Recommended” and “Library” pretty standard. I have a few friends whos servers also have a “Categories” tab next to Library which Categorizes all movies / shows by Genres. They said it was automatic and they never did anything to have that pop up. How do I get that to happen? I’ve been googling for a while now and can’t figure it out. Only thing I’ve found is to make a “Collection” but I don’t think thats quite the same thing.

If it matters, I do NOT have a plex pass at the moment. If it requires It, thats fine, I’ll probably do it, but I really love that idea and everyone has told me its done automatically. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks!

[nibbles]

Categories uses any Genre tags that exist for a film.
On my system, those Genre tags are collected by Plex automatically.
I’d be surprised if it wasn’t automatic for everyone.
Look at the preplay screen for any film of yours.

I can also click ↑ that word Documentary and get taken to that Genre.
Also below, If I use the Edit pencil → Tags I can see the genre tag for Documentary.

You should be able to add your own tag, regardless of what Plex found,
and then maybe you see Category as a test.

Or maybe you need to Refresh All Metadata to get the changes to appear.
Sorry I haven’t tested everything

[LXR200]

Thanks for the reply!

I haven’t checked EVERY item I have, but every item I’ve clicked on so far, does in fact already have Genre tags built into the meta data, I’ve also refreshed the meta data quite a few times, but so far, no luck on having the Categories tab pop up. Do you have any idea if this is a Plex Pass only thing?

[nibbles]

@LXR200

Do you have any idea if this is a Plex Pass only thing?

I searched but I am not smart enough to find an answer.

On my test server, I’ll click the Movies → Library section, then change All to Genre.
There I can see the Categories. Does that work?

clip of displaying Categories

[LXR200]

That definitely helps! Not quite what I was hoping for but didn’t know that was there, thank you.

To put a picture to what I’m talking about, this is what my buddy said happened automatically on his.