Below is the code to exclude posts of specific categories from the blog homepage.
| <?php | |
| //* Exclude categories from blog homepage | |
| function customprefix_exclude_categories_home($query) { | |
| if ($query->is_main_query() && $query->is_home()) { | |
| $query->set('cat', '-5,-34'); // Precede category IDs with a minus sign | |
| } | |
| } | |
| add_action('pre_get_posts', 'customprefix_exclude_categories_home'); |