=== Exclude Category from Blog ===
Contributors: wonderplugin
Tags: exclude category, exclude categories, exclude category from blog, exclude category from home, exclude category from search, exclude categories from blog, exclude categories from home, exclude categories from search
Donate link: https://www.wonderplugin.com/wordpress-exclude-category-from-blog/
Requires at least: 3.6
Tested up to: 5.5.3
Stable tag: trunk
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Exclude categories from WordPress blog page, home page and search

== Description ==

**Exclude Categories from Blog**

Exclude Category from Blog is a WordPress plugin to exclude categories from WordPress blog page, home page and search result.

When you setup a WordPress blog, by default, WordPress will display posts from all categories on your home page or blog page. In some cases, you may want to exclude some posts from displaying on the blog, for example, password protected posts or posts that are not part of your normal blog content. You can assign these posts to a category, then use Exclude Category from Blog to stop them from displaying on the blog.

**Features**

* Exclude categories from WordPress blog page or home page
* Exclude categories from search result

**How to Use**

* After the plugin is installed and activated, in WordPress backend, goto left menu Settings -> Exclude Categories, configure the categories to be excluded

== Installation ==

**Install the plugin in WordPress backend**

1. In WordPress backend, go to menu Plugins -> Add New
1. Search Exclude Categories from Blog
1. Install the plugin
1. After the plugin is installed and activated, in WordPress backend, goto left menu Settings -> Exclude Categories, configure the categories to be excluded

**Install the plugin with downloaded plugin zip file**

1. In WordPress backend, go to menu Plugins -> Add New
1. Click the link Upload Plugin
1. Select the plugin zip file, then click Install Now
1. After the plugin is installed and activated, in WordPress backend, goto left menu Settings -> Exclude Categories, configure the categories to be excluded

**Uninstall the plugin**

1. In WordPress backend, go to menu Plugins -> Installed Plugins
1. Deactivate the plugin
1. After the plugin is deactivated, Delete the plugin

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

== Screenshots ==

== Changelog ==

= 1.2 =
* Do not exclude categories in WordPress backend
* Add an option to exclude categories only in WordPress main query

= 1.1 =
* Add link to online tutorial

= 1.0 =
* First version released

== Upgrade Notice ==