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How to exclude a category from page

I have a Wordpress custom page template created listing all of my blog posts. What I am trying to do is display a blog page, which lists all posts with 10 per page, with navigation, and exclude category 12, category 20, and category 50 from the list.

For some reason, I cannot get it to exclude these categories. I have even tried to exclude just one category and it still won't.

I am including the code that I am using for this page. If there is a better way to do this, I am open to it. What I am doing is showing the page title, the post title, an excerpt, and a read more link.

Thanks for your help.

Code:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php  /*Template Name:Blog*/ ?>



<?php get_header(); ?>

<!--HEADER END HERE-->



<!--CONTENT STARTS HERE-->

<div class="modern-content-blog">

<div class="left">

<h2> <?php the_title(); ?> </h2>



<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts('cat=-12,'); 

$args = array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'posts_per_page' => 10, 'paged' => $paged );

$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);

while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>



    <h2 class="post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

    Posted by: <?php the_author() ?> on <?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?>

    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Read the rest of <?php the_title(); ?>" class="button">Read the rest of this entry »</a> 



<div class="hr"></div>

<?php endwhile; ?>



<!-- PAGINATION STARTS HERE -->

<div class="button"><?php next_posts_link( '<< Older posts' ); ?></div> <div class="button"><?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer posts >>' ); ?></div>



</div>



<div class="right">



<ul>



<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') ||  !dynamic_sidebar('social-sidebar') ||  !dynamic_sidebar('blog-sidebar') ) { ?>



<?php } ?>



</ul>



</div>

</div>



<!--FOOTER START HERE-->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

you need to pass that as part of your WP_query args
http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

Can you elaborate a little more on how to pass that part of WP_query args?

So I tweaked my code and moved the query_posts around.

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php  /*Template Name:Blog*/ ?>



<?php get_header(); ?>

<!--HEADER END HERE-->



<!--CONTENT STARTS HERE-->

<div class="modern-content-blog">

<div class="left">

<h2> <?php the_title(); ?> </h2>



<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;  

$args = array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'posts_per_page' => 10, 'paged' => $paged );

$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);

$query = new WP_Query( 'cat=-12' );

while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>



    <h2 class="post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

    Posted by: <?php the_author() ?> on <?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?>

    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Read the rest of <?php the_title(); ?>" class="button">Read the rest of this entry »</a> 



<div class="hr"></div>

<?php endwhile; ?>



<!-- PAGINATION STARTS HERE -->

<div class="button"><?php next_posts_link( '<< Older posts' ); ?></div> <div class="button"><?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer posts >>' ); ?></div>



</div>



<div class="right">



<ul>



<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') ||  !dynamic_sidebar('social-sidebar') ||  !dynamic_sidebar('blog-sidebar') ) { ?>



<?php } ?>



</ul>



</div>

</div>



<!--FOOTER START HERE-->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

you need to add the category argument to your list of $args. You do not need two WP_Query() instances. Just put your 'cat' => '-x' into the array for your $args.

You also are calling your query wrong. with new WP_Query() you don't use have_posts() you will need to use $wp_query->have_posts() because you are calling the value for that one instance.

Nick, got it! Thanks so much for clarifying this.

Just so I understand this, could I also exclude individual posts using this query - while I'm also excluding certain categories at the same time? I know it probably makes more sense to put everything into a category and just exclude the category.

What would be the best way to do this, concatenate the post id with the category?

$args = array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'posts_per_page' => 40, 'cat' => '-12, -11, -10, -9, -8, -5, -3' , 'paged' => $paged );

you should be able to do that but you cannot include and exclude posts at the same time.