Hiding posts in 2.0

In your main page index.php, ther is a loop for presenting your latest posts. It starts something like this:

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

Immediately below that line, if you put this condition:

<?php if ( !(in_category('4')) || !is_home() ) { ?>

you will exclude posts from category number 4 form sjowing up on the main page.

What it says is:
If it is not from category 4 or if it is not on the main page, display it.

( is_home = true for the main page )

Hi. I’ve tried that and I get a parse error on that line. Is there another way to do this?

Did you close the if-statement with <?php }; ?> ?

Why don’t you just use the private feature on the post/edit page?

It’s not so easy to just copy and paste code from the forum, and each theme may use the loop a little differently.

A full explanation of the method I tried to introduce can be found in The Loop, here.

Good luck!