Title: Exclude Categories
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Exclude Categories

 *  [pbmaxca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbmaxca/)
 * (@pbmaxca)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-categories/)
 * I want to have a “site history” page that doesn’t show on my main page. To do
   this I know I need to exclude category 10. Now…can someone help me with the coding
   of the php?
 * >  <!–index.php–>
   >  <!–the loop–> <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <!–the loop–> <?
   > php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   >  <!–post title as a link–>
   >  <h1 id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>” rel=”bookmark”
   > title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?>
   > </h1>
   > 
   > <p><b>By <?php the_author(); ?></b> | <span class=”cal”><?php the_time(‘F j,
   > Y’); ?></span> </p>
   >  <div class=”postspace2″></div>
   >  <!–post text with the read more link–>
   >  <?php the_content(‘Read the rest of
   > this entry »’); ?> <!–show categories, edit link ,comments–>
   >  <p class=”topics”><b>Topics:</b> <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?> | <?php edit_post_link(‘
   > Edit’, ”, ‘ | ‘); ?> <?php comments_popup_link(‘No Comments »’, ‘1 Comment »’,‘%
   > Comments »’); ?></p>
   >  <div class=”postspace”></div>
   >  <!–end of one post–>
   >  <?php endwhile; ?>
   >  <!–navigation–>
   >  <?php next_posts_link(‘« Previous Entries’) ?> <?php previous_posts_link(‘
   > Next Entries »’) ?>
   >  <!–do not delete–>
   >  <?php else : ?>
   >  Not Found
   >  Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here. <?php
   > include (TEMPLATEPATH . “/searchform.php”); ?>
   >  <!–do not delete–>
   >  <?php endif; ?>
   > </div><!–end content–>
   >  <!–index.php end–>

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 * Last reply from: [pbmaxca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbmaxca/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-categories/)
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