• Is there a way to not display a category page at all?

    say a user navigates to http://www.yoursite.com/category/myCategory

    Right now the user will be served all the posts in the category. Well, I wouldnt like them to view my site in that way. I would rather have them redirected back to the homepage, or something like that.

    Thoughts?

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    spencerp

    You could set up a primary category template (category.php) for your current theme, and within it have only:

    <?php
    header( 'Location: ' . get_bloginfo('home') );
    ?>

    That may be a little jarring for most, so perhaps a better idea would be to copy your index.php to category.php, strip out The Loop, and provide informative content that helps direct your readers.

    Thank God, Kaf replied in here lol! You should be in good hands now. ;):) Thanks Kaf, you’re awesome.. 😉

    spencerp

    You should be in good hands now.

    That all depends on what’s in my hands at the time. ;)

    Hahaha, that’s true though…lmao! 😉 🙂

    spencerp

    Thread Starter shua

    (@shua)

    Hey guys – thanks for the replies. Tell me if this is not the way to go…

    I created a category.php and all it has in it is a meta refresh to the homepage.

    what issues will come of this?

    thx again!

    Thread Starter shua

    (@shua)

    I guess that my way is fine.

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    Meta-refresh is generally frowned upon, because it’s heavily browser dependent. Use a real Location: header like Kaf suggests above instead. All browsers support that, because that’s the spec.

    Thread Starter shua

    (@shua)

    Thx Otto!

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