I asked this question without a clue what was going on. I got an answer with the code below. It worked when I got it. I tested it with shirts only, assuming it worked with the other cats. it doesn't work with hoodies. Why.. idk. Gallery still hides from blog post. Any one see why?
<?php $gallery = get_cat_id('gallery'); $shirts = get_cat_id('shirts'); $hoodies = get_cat_id('hoodies'); $excluded_cats = '-'.$gallery.',-'.$shirts.',-'.$hoodies; $limit = 5; $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts( 'cat=' . $excluded_cats . 'showposts=' . $limit . '&paged=' . $paged ); $wp_query->is_category = true; $wp_query->is_home = false; ?>
I just now also realized that its showing all the posts, not $limit of 5
Any help much appreciated!