Masonry

Hi there,

Does this help?
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/exclude-categories-from-posts-page/

Let me know :)

Hi Leo,

I think that could definitely help. In the meantime, I have tried to decrease the number of posts appearing in the masonry by going to Settings/Reading. It simply does nothing. Weird. Do you know why?

Thanks again for your help.

I have created Bookclub as a category and put the following in functions.php. No change.

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

The "-" is being used. So that is exactly:

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

Hi there,

that method requires you specify the Category ID not the Slug. If you edit the category you wish to exclude then you will find the ID in the URL.

How many posts have you set the front page to display? I am seeing only 4

Hi David,

Which of the two methods are you referring to?

This is the original code:

add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'excludeCat');
function excludeCat($query) {
      if ( $query->is_home ) {
            $query->set('cat', '-3,-5,-23');
      }
      return $query;
}

So -3 would exclude category ID: 3.
This is the method you need to use. You can't add a slug ie. -BookClub in place of the ID

The category url should show something like: http://[yoursite]/wp-admin/edit-tags?action=edit&taxonomy=category&post_type=post&tag_ID=4&post_type=post

It shows instead: https://onehomeplanet.com/wp-admin/edit.php?category_name=bookclub

What am I missing?

Yay! I eventually found the category ID. Thanks again for your help.

Awesome - glad to be of help - yeah i wish WP actually added the ID in the editor - would make it easier to find lol