Pavel Espinal

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:
<ul>
<li>Modern Architecture: Symfony-inspired dependency injection and service layer patterns</li>
<li>Performance Optimization: Intelligent caching with 80% reduction in database queries</li>
<li>Security Enhancements: CSRF protection, input validation, and output escaping</li>
<li>Accessibility: Screen reader support and keyboard navigation</li>
<li>Testing: Comprehensive automated test suite (unit and integration tests) covering core functionality</li>
</ul>
How it works:
The plugin modifies WordPress’s main query on the home page to exclude posts from selected categories. Posts from excluded categories won’t appear on the home page, 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: 
* <a href="https://trendsanctuary.com" rel="nofollow ugc">trendsanctuary.com</a> – Technology, life and home trends and insights 
* <a href="https://ecosdeleden.com" rel="nofollow ugc">ecosdeleden.com</a> – Educational content for children
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to <code>Settings > PECF Plugin</code> in WordPress admin</li>
<li>Select categories you want to exclude from the home page</li>
<li>Click “Save Changes”</li>
<li>Posts from excluded categories won’t appear on the home page but remain accessible through category pages, search, and direct URLs</li>
</ol>
<h3>License</h3>
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.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

PE Category Filter

Modern WordPress plugin for filtering categories from home page with performance optimization and security enhancements.

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With this plugin you can exclude any page, post or whatever from the WordPress search results by checking off the corresponding checkbox on post/page edit page. 
Supports quick and bulk edit.
On the plugin settings page you can also see the list of all the items that are hidden from search.
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Search Exclude

All good except...


Another simple and popular plugin, bought out and stuffed with bloatware.Avoid and uninstall.


Bloatware after buyout

great plugin

Works as expected.


I've been use the plugin on a different sites for couple of years now and have to say that it works as expected and I never had any issues with it. Well done!


Works as expected, well done!


The perfect tool for when you find some of your internal pages are leaking out into the results!


Simple and Focussed

Hide any post or page from the search results.

PE Category Filter vs Search Exclude