Ambiance Pro – Filter Homepage Posts by Category

[Webmaster]

In the Ambiance Pro theme what's the easiest way to get filtered (by category) output? I need to either limit to two categories or exclude all other categories from being displayed on the homepage. I'm probably spacing it, as it seems as though I have accomplished it in the past in Ambiance Pro, but it eludes me now.

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[Brad Dalton]

You can use the Genesis > Theme Settings or PHP code in your functions file using the pre_get_posts filter

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[Webmaster]

Thanks Brad. The Genesis, Theme Settings are for blog pages - not the home page. Also I was hoping to avoid editing the theme directly, but maybe that's the only way. Seems like there was another way.

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[Brad Dalton]

Depends on which theme you're using and if your blog page is your home page and how you have your site setup that's why i provided 2 solutions.

That's my 2 solutions, if anyone else wants to provide there's, they are welcome to.

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[Webmaster]

Sure, I just went ahead and added this to the functions.php file:

function mywp_include_cat( $query ) {
if ( is_home() && is_main_query() ) {
set_query_var( 'cat', '4' );
}
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'mywp_include_cat' );

That works, but I was thinking it was simpler than that where one didn't need access to edit functions.php file (so an end user could change the category IDs). Maybe I did it with the simple hooks plugin or something I can't remember. Oh well, thanks again

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“If it works, mark the post as [Resolved] so others will feel comfortable trying the solution on their website.“

[Brad Dalton]

You can if you use the featured posts widget or the blog page template on the home page

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