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1. dotman
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I'm using the Exclude Pages From Navigation plugin to hide certain pages from the top drop down menu.

   Is there a plugin or a way I can do the same with Categories?

2. Shane G
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Hi,

   You can fulfill your requirement with with category tags. You need to use wp_list_categories tag with exclude option. Here is an example:

   <?php
   wp_list_categories('orderby=name&include=7,13'); ?>

   This will exclude category 7 and 13.

3. FunkyMagicUK
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Try this...

   Find the id of the categories you want to exclude (I'm sure there's an easy way to do this but I'm just returning to WP after a long time away!) - I browse the wp_terms table in the database, and note the ids of the categories you want to exclude.

   THEN...

   In the admin interface, go to edit 'header.php', search for wp_list_categories, and then just append "&exclude=x,y,z".

   For example, in the template I'm using, my line in header.php looked like..

   ?php wp_list_categories('sort_column=name&title_li=&depth=2'); ?>

   If I edit it so it looks like

   ?php wp_list_categories('sort_column=name&title_li=&depth=2&exclude=1,12'); ?>

   Then it does exactly what I want.

4. FunkyMagicUK
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Quick way of getting id's is to hover over them in the admin and look at the cat id in the URL shortcut.

5. thesoundchurch
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   hey, i tried this and it worked. problem is now i'm seeing the words "no categories" in my nav bar. is there a way to get rid of that?

6. kcordas
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Here is how...just put this on the top of your template...
   

   <?php
   function bm_dont_display_it($content) {
     if (!empty($content)) {
       $content = str_ireplace('<li>' .__( "No categories" ). '</li>', "", $content);
     }
     return $content;
   }
   add_filter('wp_list_categories','bm_dont_display_it');
   ?>

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