Exclude posts from blog page but not from category page

[SharonLandis]

I'm using the Genesis child theme.

There are 2 feed pages on my site: Blog and Podcast (cat-id 7).

The podcast posts (cat 7) show up in both feeds.
To exclude podcast posts only from the blog I tried the PHP below, but it excludes from both feeds. How do I exclude cat 7 from the blog and keep it on the podcast page?

// Exclude categories from blog.
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'exclude_categories_blog' );
function exclude_categories_blog_archive( $query ) {
if( $query->is_main_query() ) {
$query->set( 'cat', '-7' );
}
}

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[Anita]

You can do that right on the blog page without adding that function. See Custom Blog Page here.

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[SharonLandis]

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[SharonLandis]

Got it working.
1. I used the above PHP to exclude cat 7 from the blog. For some reason it doesn't recognize custom fields.
2. Created a custom blog page as per your suggested post. Custom fields for this page do work.

Thanks

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