$taxonomy, 'orderby' => $orderby, 'show_count' => $show_count, 'pad_counts' => $pad_counts, 'hierarchical' => $hierarchical, 'title_li' => $title, 'hide_empty' => $empty, 'echo' => $echo, ); $cats = explode("
",wp_list_categories( $args )); $cat_n = count($cats) - 1; for ($i=0;$i<$cat_n;$i++): if ($i<$cat_n/2): $cat_left = $cat_left.'

'.$cats[$i].'

'; elseif ($i>=$cat_n/2): $cat_right = $cat_right.'

'.$cats[$i].'

'; endif; endfor; ?>