Include / Exclude Category on Blog Page

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July 26, 2017 at 11:36 am #209601

William
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Hi, everyone.

My wife uses the Elegance Pro theme and would like to have two Blog pages. One just for a specific category (Journal) and another for every category except her Journal category.

I don't see a way to do this through the theme interface. Do you have a recommendation how we can create the pages with the included/excluded categories that she desires?

Thank you for any help.

–William
http://williambeem.com

http://carefree unner.com

July 27, 2017 at 1:38 pm #209644

Victor Font
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It's easy with Genesis. This will get you started: https://victorfont.com/use-query_args-filter-wordpress-posts/

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May 14, 2018 at 11:55 am #219847

XWrecon
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Genesis Ver 2.6.1
Showcase Pro ver 2.0.2

I tried using you recommendations from your post to include one one category on the "/blog" page:

Use query_args to Filter WordPress Posts in Genesis

I created a custom field "query_args" with the value "cat=10" on the /blog page but when I updated the page the other category was still showing on the page.

FYI: I did not use quotes as instructed and I viewed the updated page in Incognito window in Chrome.

I know the post is from 2014 so wondering if there is a different solution to use with the most current version of Genesis.

If I need to make a separate thread for this let me know.

May 14, 2018 at 3:07 pm #219853

Victor Font
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I still use the query_args technique. It works with the Genesis framework and Studio Press themes.

The theme you are using, Showcase Pro, is not a Studio Press theme. It is a community marketplace theme by http://designbybloom.co. It's possible the build something into the theme that conflicts with the way query_args works with Studio Press themes.

Community marketplace developers support their themes directly. As the creators, they will be most familiar with the theme and be able to provide you with the best support. I suggest you contact the Bloom support team.

Regards,

Victor
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May 14, 2018 at 8:53 pm #219880

AnitaC
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The query_args work just fine on Showcase Pro, as well as the Genesis Sample. I already replied to our ticket on Bloom.

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May 15, 2018 at 6:30 am #219900

XWrecon
Participant

Thanks everyone for your assistance!

Since I am using the static page settings looks like I need some custom code to make the /blog page exclude a category. Will do some searching on the forum, maybe someone will chime in here with a code snippet.

May 15, 2018 at 11:56 am #219920

AnitaC
Keymaster

Since this has been fixed off the forum, can you mark this resolved. If you need further assistance. Start a new thread.

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July 27, 2019 at 5:45 am #492619

tonyadams1969
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Hi Victor, I’m grateful for your article regarding the query_args approach.

On my Blog page, I’ve created a custom field to exclude two blog categories:
query_args
cat=-52,-53

However it’s not working for me (Genesis, Authority Pro) - the blog page is continuing to show all categories.

Do you know of any issues with the Authority Pro theme?

Thanks, Tony (Melbourne, Australia)
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