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Reposition the Secondary Navigation on a StudioPress Theme

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Reposition the Secondary Navigation on a StudioPress Theme In this tutorial, I will show you how to Reposition the Secondary Navigation on a Genesis child theme.
I recently received an enquiry to reposition the secondary navigation in the Pretty Creative theme. The Pretty Creative theme by Pretty Darn Cute Design displays above the footer. In order to move it to below the header, we will need to update our functions.php file. Look for this code snippet:

Go ahead and delete that snippet, or comment it out.

In the Pretty Creative theme, the secondary navigation is currently limited to "one depth", which means that it doesn't allow for drop-down menus. In order to remove that restriction, open your functions.php file, and look for the following code snippet. Go ahead and delete it, or comment it out:

Exclude categories from the WordPress category widget

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I recently received a support ticket from someone who wished to exclude specific categories from the default WordPress category widget without using a plugin. In this tutorial, I will show you How to exclude categories from the WordPress category widget without a plugin

Exclude categories from the WordPress category widget - Step One:

The first thing we will need to do is determine the category ID. You can install a plugin which will reveal all IDs (and then delete the plugin after you've identified the ID). Or, you can do it without a plugin. Go to Dashboard > Categories > All Categories > hover over the edit button of the category you wish to exclude; in your browser's admin bar, you will see a stream of text; make a note of the category ID:

Exclude categories from the WordPress category widget
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Exclude categories from the WordPress category widget - Step Two:

Navigate to your functions.php file (Dashboard > Appearance > Editor > functions.php), and add this to the bottom of the file:

That will remove the category from the widget if you're not using the drop-down option.

Exclude categories from the WordPress category widget - Step Three

If you're using the drop-down option, you'll need to add additional code. Add this to your functions.php file (adjusting the code to reflect the category ID you wish to exclude - you can exclude multiple categories by adding your category ID, divided by a comma:

Here's a screenshot showing how it looks added to the functions.php file on my site.

Here's the "before" and "after":

 

Thanks for Davinder Singh of BasicWP for providing this code.

 

If you're using a theme built on the Genesis Framework, and are interested in having me implement this for you, send me a note!

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