[wordpress] Exclude category's from index.php

Hey guys,

What’s the fastest and easiest way to exclude category’s form the index.php.

I’ve added this in to my functions.php file but no luck.

And i tried this inside the index.php, it worked but when i ad more cat id’s it fails again.

Anybody got any fresh ideas?

Try this:

You should put it in your index.php file, not in the functions.php

Also, this should help:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts

Try this: <?php query_posts($query_string.'&cat=-1,-2,-3'); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> You should put it in your index.php file, not in the functions.php

Perfect, that worked like a charm thanks Di

I’m assuming you have a normal WordPress loop in index.php. If so try before your if conditional:

<?php query_posts('cat=-52,-1,-48,52') ; if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

I prefer custom loops with WP_Query object. Quick and easy loop:

<?php //pull out recent blog posts
$recent_posts = new WP_Query();
$recent_posts?>query('showposts=5&cat=-52,-1,-48,52');
while($recent_posts->have_posts()) :
$recent_posts->the_post();
?>
                <!--loop content here-->

<?php endwhile;?>

Hope that helps, WP rocks

Edit – lol, looks like Digital Impact beat me to it

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts

Damn I love this forums, this worked for me too!!! Awesome! Thanks.

Perfect, that worked like a charm thanks Di

Glad to be of help

EDIT : Drew, I had a WP theme open for editing, and I use the exact same code to remove categories. Otherwise it would have taken me longer

Perfect, that worked like a charm thanks Di

Glad to be of help

EDIT : Drew, I had a WP theme open for editing, and I use the exact same code to remove categories. Otherwise it would have taken me longer

lol, I had a recent theme open too that I was copying and pasting from!

lol, I had a recent theme open too that I was copying and pasting from!

LOL Drew, did I just beat you at copy/pasting? :D