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Exclude Category Links From Genesis Post Categories Shortcode

Jun 30, 2016

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The genesis post categories shortcode prints all the categories you have assigned to each post in the entry footer on single posts and archives. The function for this is located in genesis > lib > shortcodes > post.php.

add_shortcode( 'post_categories', 'genesis_post_categories_shortcode' );

function genesis_post_categories_shortcode( $atts ) {

<pre><code>$defaults = array(
    'sep'    =&gt; ', ',
    'before' =&gt; __( 'Filed Under: ', 'genesis' ),
    'after'  =&gt; '',
);

$atts = shortcode_atts( $defaults, $atts, 'post_categories' );

$cats = get_the_category_list( trim( $atts['sep'] ) . ' ' );

//* Do nothing if no cats
if ( ! $cats ) {
    return '';
}

if ( genesis_html5() )
    $output = sprintf( '&lt;span %s&gt;', genesis_attr( 'entry-categories' ) ) . $atts['before'] . $cats . $atts['after'] . '&lt;/span&gt;';
else
    $output = '&lt;span class="categories"&gt;' . $atts['before'] . $cats . $atts['after'] . '&lt;/span&gt;';

return apply_filters( 'genesis_post_categories_shortcode', $output, $atts );
</code></pre>

}

The function for the shortcode uses get_the_category_list which is located in wordpress > wp-includes > category-template.php.

function get_the_category_list( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false ) {

Demo Video

Here’s a demonstration showing you how the code removes 2 category links from the entry meta in the entry footer of the Genesis Sample child theme by StudioPress:

Here’s the code for logged in members:

You can also use the code in this download folder to exclude categories by category ID.

Download Folder

4 responses to “Exclude Category Links From Genesis Post Categories Shortcode”

Marcelo Campiglia

October 17, 2020

Hello,

In the second option, how can I exclude multiple categories?

Thanks,

Marcelo

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1. Brad Dalton
  
  October 18, 2020
  
  Why can’t you use the first function for this?
  
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2. Brad Dalton
  
  October 18, 2020
  
  Try this code using category ID’s https://wpsites.net/download/97139
  
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  1. Marcelo Campiglia
    
    October 18, 2020
    
    Hello,
    
    Thank you very much for your super fast answer. This code is great, it is very simple and clean, and it does exactly what I want. It is a very elegant solution, love it!
    
    Thank you 🙂
    
    Marcelo
    
    Reply