Genesis Responsive Slider: How can I exclude slider category from blog page?

[pcgs51]

I am working with Outlook Pro and the Genesis Responsive Slider. The slider plugin is built by adding slides to a post's featured image. This slider works fine but I am only using the slider as a slider and I don't need it to link to an article or anything. I don't want these "slider" posts showing up on my blog page.

http://fitnesshalloffame.com/blog/

My site is using static pages pointing to a home page and a page called blog for my blog posts.

I've tried everything I can think of to remove them. How can I exclude them from my list of posts? I tried using the exclude feature in the Genesis settings but have to believe that is for something else because I still see the slider category posts in my list of posts.

Thanks

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Thanks,
pcgs51

http://fitnesshalloffame.com/blog/

[nerdworker]

Hello pcgs51,

That should be exactly what the exclude feature is for. Are you sure you used the category ID and not the name? Try viewing this video example -- the first half should be what you need where she talks about excluding the category:

http://thewpchick.com/studiopress-quick-tip-3-excluding-categories-on-your-blog-page/

I hope that helps.

Stefanie
nerdworker.com

[pcgs51]

Thanks nerdworker,

Too funny, that is exactly the video I'm watching. Wondering why my settings aren't working. My category ID is 2. Like so:
http://fitnesshalloffame.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?action=edit&taxonomy=category&tag_ID=2&post_type=post

So I just type the number 2 into the box yes?
I also tried selecting only one category for the blog page but all of the categories show up.

I was wondering if this only works for non static pages but the video sure looks like her site is a static page scenario. What could be preventing this from excluding what I want?

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Thanks,
pcgs51

[pcgs51]

Well, I Googled a little more and while I do think that the Genesis settings should have worked, I did find a way to remove this category here: http://nataliegraham.me/how-to-exclude-a-category-from-your-main-blog-feed/

I opted for door #2 which was adding this to my functions.php. The "2" indicating my category that I wanted to remove.

function excludeCat($query) {
  if ( $query->is_home ) {
    $query->set('cat', '-2');
  }
  return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'excludeCat');
?>

I do wish the Genesis settings would have worked. They should have. Thanks for being there. Sometimes it really helps when you know others are out there pulling for you. Thanks nerdworker!

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Thanks,
pcgs51

[nerdworker]

I was just about to point you to that exact post, but you beat me to it! LOL

I'm glad you got it. 🙂

[kathiemt]

I want to know what the video showed or did as I can't get it to play. Is there a text step-by-step somewhere that explains please?

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[kathiemt]

Actually I worked it out, just with the description she has above the video. Worked a treat!

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[Brad Dalton]

Use pre_get_posts http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/pre_get_posts#Exclude_categories_on_your_main_page

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