Lotus WP theme - exclude category from Blog Page WordPress
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I am using the Lotus WP theme:
http://themeforest.net/item/lotus-for-business-software-corporate-portfolio/164748
And I need to exclude a category from showing on the blog page of my site.
As this is a custom theme, it doesn't adhere well to all of the 'fixes' on the internet. It's got it's own blog php file, so it's not your typical WP install (just so we're clear ;) ).
It's also not fixable by a plugin (as far as I know.. but I've tried a lot). The developer confirmed this to me and suggested that I come here for answers. I need to exclude category 16 from the page so please help me out. :)
I've attached the blog php files in the event that someone wants to look at them. Thanks in advance!
Answers (5)
Francisco Javier Carazo Gil answers:
In blog.php look for $query_string ="post_type=post&paged=$paged"; in line 160 and change it with:
$query_string ="post_type=post&paged=$paged&cat=-16";
That's all.
mvancleve comments:
Worked like a charm!
Francisco Javier Carazo Gil comments:
Perfect, vote me please :)
mvancleve comments:
I tried, but it says:
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Francisco Javier Carazo Gil comments:
I never have asked before but I thought that asker could vote. Look at something like question solved, I don't know exactly.
Arnav Joy answers:
in blog.php
find the line no.168
query_posts($query_string);
replace it from
$query_string.= '&cat=-'.$cat_id;
query_posts($query_string);
where $cat_id is the id of the category you want to exclude
Dan | gteh answers:
Im banking on the fact that there is an setting in the Options Panel for the theme that lets you exclude categories because of this:
query_string.= '&cat=-'.$cat_id;
$cat_id would have to come from somewhere
mvancleve comments:
Theres not :( confirmed by the developer
Dbranes answers:
try this filter in blog.php
function exclude_category($query) {
//if (is_page('blog')) {
$query->set('cat', '-16');
//}
return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'exclude_category');
where 16 is the category_id to exclude and 'blog' is the name of your page where the exclude is to take place.