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1. Sulcalibur
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have a front page on a design I am working on that shows the lastest post then below that the titles of the five other latest posts from 2 to 6.

   I have a problem though where I want certain categories NOT to show up in this list.

   This is the code I am using to show the posts.

   <div id="latest_comments">
   
   		<?php if (function_exists('get_recent_comments')) { ?>
   			<li><h2><?php _e(''); ?></h2>
   				<ul>
   					<?php get_recent_comments(); ?>
   				</ul>
   			</li>
   		<?php } ?>  
   
   		</div><!--latest_comments-->

   I do how ever want say "category1", "category2" and "category3" not to show.

   How would I go about doing this?

   Many thanks in advance,

   Sul...

2. Gangleri
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I looked long and found many options to exclude categories for the index, but in the end only the simplest of them worked for me:

   <?php if (in_category('20')) continue; ?>

   That goes just below the "loop":

   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

   And if I want to excluse two categories, I just repeat the line, since I couldn't figure out how to put more categories in one function.

3. Sulcalibur
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm confused :S

   Where do I add that code?

4. skaufmann
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   This may be your best option
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-category-excluder/

   It will allow you to exclude categories from multiple places, including your RSS. I use the the code above to exclude from my homepage but it still showed in my RSS. This plugin works for this.

5. Sulcalibur
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   @skaufmann

   Great plugin and will be helpful but it doesn't do what I need it to do. I need the content on the front page. I have some sections using the 'sideblog' plugin, but they are showing up on the posts list.

   Thank you though :D

   @Gangleri

   I'm not sure where to add that code that you mentioned :P

6. Sulcalibur
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Brilliant, I managed to get it sorted with a plugin I found here: http://rmarsh.com/plugins/ many many thanks for all your help though people.

   :D

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