placeholder text in category form label

Question

Is there a way to put a placeholder text in the category form label? Right now the label is empty and has a dropdown menu filled with categories. I want to make a dummy placeholder text which will be something to : CHOOSE THE CATEGORY!

<option value="<option value="<?php wp_dropdown_categories('exclude=34, selected=0'); ?>    
</option>

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You can add it as an argument:

<?php wp_dropdown_categories( 'show_option_none=CHOOSE THE CATEGORY!' ); ?> 

Reference: wp_dropdown_categories

Answer 2

I’m not sure if I understand your question right. Do you need the parameter 'show_option_none' or something else?