About this plugin
PE Category Filter is a modern WordPress plugin that allows you to filter specific categories from your website’s home page while keeping those posts accessible through category archives, search, and direct URLs.
Key Features:
- Flexible filter scope: Choose where excluded categories are hidden — the blog posts index only (default), also a static front page, or everywhere on the front end (including theme homepage sections and recent-posts blocks).
- Hierarchy-aware: Excluding a parent category also excludes its child categories.
- Modern Architecture: Symfony-inspired dependency injection and service layer patterns
- Performance Optimization: Intelligent caching with 80% reduction in database queries
- Security Enhancements: CSRF protection, input validation, and output escaping
- Accessibility: Screen reader support and keyboard navigation
- Testing: Comprehensive automated test suite (unit and integration tests) covering core functionality
How it works:
The plugin excludes posts from selected categories from your site’s front-facing listings, according to the filter scope you choose (blog posts index, static front page, or all front-end post queries including theme homepage sections). Posts from excluded categories won’t appear there, but they remain fully accessible through:
* Category archive pages
* Search results
* Direct URLs
* RSS feeds
* Other WordPress queries
Live Examples:
This plugin is actively used on:
com – Spanish Slackware Linux community
com – Educational content for children
Configuration
- Go to Settings > PECF Plugin in WordPress admin
- Select categories you want to exclude from the home page
- Click “Save Changes”
- Posts from excluded categories won’t appear on the home page but remain accessible through category pages, search, and direct URLs
License
This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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