wp_get_archives function… can I exclude a category?

Resolved c0y0te
(@c0y0te)

16 years, 5 months ago

The method of showing the most recent x posts on my theme is to use the wp_get_archives function. I’ve checked the codex (http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_get_archives#Last_Twenty_Posts) for info on this but I don’t see an answer so I’m asking the question here.

Is it possible to exclude certain categories when using this function. In other words, can I retrieve all of my most recent X posts, excluding any from category Y. If so – can someone please post an example in code?

All help greatly appreciated.

c0y0te

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moshu
(@moshu)

16 years, 5 months ago

If you don’t see a category parameter in the Codex – it means there isn’t.

Thread Starter c0y0te
(@c0y0te)

16 years, 5 months ago

So – any suggestions as to how I can achieve this then?

I’m using EventCalendarV3 plugin and I’ve configured it to not display any events as posts (e.g. any posts using the events category). This works fine for the main page, but if I view any other ‘pages’ my recent-posts widget displays the events-related posts in the sidebar.

All I want to do is not show any event related posts in my sidebar. How do I achieve this please?

Thread Starter c0y0te
(@c0y0te)

16 years, 5 months ago

anyone?

Thread Starter c0y0te
(@c0y0te)

16 years, 5 months ago

How about I try this a different way then…

Is there any other way to display ‘recent posts’ without using the WP_GET_ARCHIVES function? In particular, a way where I can exclude posts from a category?

Thread Starter c0y0te
(@c0y0te)

16 years, 5 months ago

forget it

MichaelH
(@michaelh)

16 years, 5 months ago

Take a look at Template_Tags/query_posts.

tpitre
(@tpitre)

16 years, 4 months ago

Whoops! Nevermind, don’t try tat…

asfodel
(@asfodel)

16 years ago

There’s a solution here:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/52819?replies=5

asfodel
(@asfodel)

16 years ago

^That solution didn’t actually work. When I used it you could no longer visit a post, anything you clicked on would just take you to the index page.

ivovic
(@ivovic)

16 years ago

what you guys want is either query_posts – or for something a bit lighter, get_posts, to make a custom list of posts while excluding categories.

If you can’t get either of those to work based on information in the Codex, then you’re just not reading closely enough… they’re extremely well tested and used by lots of people with great success.

ryangrant
(@ryangrant)

15 years, 10 months ago

this simple plugin worked for me

http://justinblanton.com/projects/smartarchives/