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Exclude category slugs, only shows parent cats.

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  1. //template call
  2. <?php echo the_category_exclude(", ","featured,uncategorized,other,news,articles"); ?>
  3.  
  4. //functions file
  5. function the_category_exclude($separator=', ',$exclude='') {
  6. 	$toexclude = explode(",", $exclude);
  7. 	$newlist = array();
  8. 	foreach((get_the_category()) as $category) {
  9. 		if(!in_array($category->category_nicename,$toexclude) && ($category->category_parent == 0)){
  10. 			//$newlist[] = $category->cat_name;
  11. 			$newlist[] = '<a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>'  . $category->name.'</a>';
  12. 		}
  13. 	}
  14. 	return implode($separator,$newlist);
  15. }

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