Thanks!


function exclude_cat($query) {
if ( $query->is_home) {
$query-> set('cat','-42');
}
return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts','exclude_cat');


Also, Bill, you have a code tag in your code, makes for errors on those copying and pasting into their php files

I’ve entered this:

function home_filter_begin() {
if(is_home()):
global $wp_query;
$exclude = '-42';
query_posts(array_merge(array('cat' => $exclude ),$wp_query->query));
endif;
}
add_action('thesis_hook_before_content','home_filter_begin');

function home_filter_end() {
if(is_home()):
wp_reset_query();
endif;
}
add_action('thesis_hook_after_content','home_filter_end');


And yes, that is the right ID for the category I want to exclude. Does it matter that I have a different blog page than my front page?

Cheers,
Michael

This is the approach I take now too. This is also useful for controlling the number of posts that show up on a page (ex: if you have a Links post type and want 30 per page, but don’t want 30 blog posts per page).

function exclude_cats_from_home($query) {
if ( $query->is_home) {
$query-> set(‘cat’,'-32′);
}
return $query;
}
add_filter(‘pre_get_posts’,'exclude_cats_from_home’);