It just says -Well, what reason is the console giving for not being to index them?
Many Wordpress SEO plugins will noindex category pages by default - you might want to dig around in plugin settings if you're using that kind of setup.
But it should at least crawl, right?What about the contents of that page? are there thin content? As most of the categories are low in content quantity.
Have you seen the crawled but not indexed section of GSC?But it should at least crawl, right?
Yes, no category pages are showing up there.Have you seen the crawled but not indexed section of GSC?