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1. jackmcnally
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi,

   I have categories that people will be posting in (I restricted posting to these categories for certain users), and I don't want those posts to show up on the home page. There will be a large amount of posters, so asking them to check a box every time they post may be hard. Is there a way for posts to automatically not show up on the homepage, but show up on the homepage if I tick a box, or post in a certain category?

   Sorry if you don't understand, I don't know how else to say it, let me know if you need more info!

   Thanks heaps,
   Jack

2. Big Bagel
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   To only include/exclude certain categories on the home page you can use query_posts().

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Exclude_Categories_From_Your_Home_Page

   Something like this before the loop in your theme's index.php file would work (replacing the numbers with the ID's of the categories you want of course):

   <?php
   if ( is_home() ) {
       global $wp_query;
       $args = array_merge( $wp_query->query, array(
           'category__in' => array( 27, 42 )
       ) );
   
       query_posts( $args );
   }
   ?>

   And as always, if you need to edit your theme and aren't doing this already, it's best to use a child theme.

3. jackmcnally
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi,

   I did so on my index.php , but to no avail. It seems to be what I want to do, but is not working. I'm unsure as to if index.php is the right place to put it, all the index.php file says is <?php // Silence is golden? ?> . I'm using the mystique theme, if that helps.

   Thanks!

4. Big Bagel
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Never seen a theme that didn't use index.php at all. Awesome sauce.

   Try home.php instead. It looks like that's where the loop that runs on the home page lives.

5. jackmcnally
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   No matter! I used a plugin called Exclude Categories from Front Page. It works perfectly! Thanks for all your help!

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