Title: Simply Exclude
Author: Paul Menard
Published: <strong>April 28, 2008</strong>
Last modified: March 21, 2015

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# simply-exclude

 By [Paul Menard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pmenard/)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-exclude/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-exclude/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-exclude/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-exclude/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of March 7, 2024 and is not available for download.
Reason: Security Issue.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/de0c6acfe1c08e5e8ae1ece1d10b26ecaf96792310c1e4e24fc91969eb240c8e?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It’s still working!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/its-still-working-3/)󠁿

 [Svetlana0777](https://profiles.wordpress.org/svetlana0777/) March 17, 2023

Thank you very much for the plugin. I still use it. WP 6.1.1

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9f8f099065ceffe62bc40ed22f624d99fcc084ef2b9dc9b656923fe2f0899a11?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Still works great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-great-23/)󠁿

 [Topher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/topher1kenobe/) December 12, 2017

I was wary with 3 years since last update, but still has 100% functionality. Works
exactly as advertised.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/97219f9a777feaa9501ddc4908c15438a9b64315afa0ca422a9268afc7d0a0d1?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Perfect, thank YOU so much!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-thank-you-so-much-2/)󠁿

 [lucio7](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lucio7/) August 23, 2017

I tried the other plugin doing the same but only Simply Exclude managed to fix my
problem of excluding ONLY from the widget Categories and/or from the homepage. Many
thanks and kudos to you my man, thank you, will donate once I’ll start monetize 
and let me know when you’re in Berlin and I’ll show you around!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/52b3c0be2ba55d0b6da4c2db24ef1690545522b46aff8e7e11885819a0531293?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Breaks WP 4.7.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breaks-wp-4-7-3/)󠁿

 [dshea946](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dshea946/) March 16, 2017

My site was mysteriously HOSED about a week ago after an upgrade to WP 4.7.3 . After
much gnashing of teeth, I discovered that it was the Simply Exclude plugin. Bums
me out. A whole day wasted. I had been using it for several years without incident.
But at least I learned a lot 🙂

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca509cc45970728ba533e918dc74cb22a8b3c527e6302313d5dc1461d25feb5a?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[works perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfect-326/)󠁿

 [Rene Maurer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/renemaurer/) September 3, 2016

The Plugin works perfect and it’s exactly what I searched to hide the Portfolio 
in search. Thanks for this great Plugin.

 [ Read all 23 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-exclude/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Simply Exclude” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Paul Menard ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pmenard/)

“Simply Exclude” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simply-exclude/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Simply Exclude” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simply-exclude)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-exclude/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simply-exclude/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simply-exclude/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simply-exclude/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.6.6**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.2.39**
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-exclude/), [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-exclude/),
   and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-exclude/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simply-exclude)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-exclude/advanced/)