How do I display only two categories Instead of displaying all categories

This can be done easily using include parameter. Check the documentation of wp_dropdown_categories(). You can pass category id’s to include parameter as a array.

 <?php wp_dropdown_categories( 'include=array( 8,39 )' ); ?>

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