Title: Categories but exclude
Author: PoseLab
Published: <strong>June 13, 2012</strong>
Last modified: June 13, 2012

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# Categories but exclude

 By [PoseLab](https://profiles.wordpress.org/javitxu123/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/categories-but-exclude-widget.zip)

 * [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/categories-but-exclude-widget/#description)
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 *  [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/categories-but-exclude-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/categories-but-exclude-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/categories-but-exclude-widget/)

## Description

A simple plugin that displays a list of all categories except those selected in 
widget preferences. Unlike other similar plugins like “Almost All Categories Widget”,
Categories but exclude uses the latest version of WordPress Widget API, which is
multi-widget, which lets you use the wigdet more than once. Mostly, I created the
plugin to use it with the plugin “WPML” along with “Widget Logic” to use the same
widget for each language.

This will allow you to create a custom category list which will show the categories
you want, and will hide the categories you do not want. For example, say you have
a particular category you don’t want to be displayed named “Announcements”. You 
can use this plugin to display all of your other categories, except the category“
Announcements”. You are not limited to just excluding one category; you can exclude
multiple categories.

Languages:

 * Spanish (es_ES) – [PoseLab](http://poselab.com/)
 * French (fr_FR) – [TradPress](http://www.tradpress.fr/)

If you have created your own language pack, or have an update of an existing one,
you can [send me](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/categories-but-exclude-widget/javierpose@gmail.com?output_format=md)
your gettext PO and MO so that I can bundle it into the Categories but exclude. 
You can download the latest POT file [from here](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/categories-but-exclude-widget/trunk/categories-but-exclude.pot).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Categories but exclude widget.

## Installation

 1. Upload the *.zip copy of this plugin into your WordPress through your ‘Plugin’ 
    admin page.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Place the widget in your desired sidebar through the “widgets” admin page

## FAQ

  Where is the “widgets” admin page?

The “widgets” admin page is found in the administrator part (wp-admin) of your WordPress
site. Go to Appearance > Widgets

  How do I find the category ID number?

First go to your Posts > Categories in the administrator part (wp-admin) of your
WordPress site. Click the category you desire to find its ID. Its ID number should
then be displayed in the URL section of your browser. (It should say $tag_ID= followed
by your category ID number.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Categories but exclude” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ PoseLab ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/javitxu123/)

[Translate “Categories but exclude” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/categories-but-exclude-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/categories-but-exclude-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/categories-but-exclude-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/categories-but-exclude-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/categories-but-exclude-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/categories-but-exclude-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [categories](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[category](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)
   [exclude](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/exclude/)[widget](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/categories-but-exclude-widget/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ PoseLab ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/javitxu123/)

## Support

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