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Want to display posts from one category on your main blog page?
WordPress doesn’t have anything like this built-in.
However, this feature can easily be added with the right plugin. There are lots of plugins available to add this type of functionality, but one stands out as the quickest and simplest option.
Display one post category on the blog
I recommend installing the Front Page Category plugin to choose one category for your front page.
This plugin is really lightweight and easy to use. The one problem with it, and the reason it has 1-star reviews, is that the settings are hard to find! That won’t be an issue because I’ll show you how to use it now.
Choose categories to display
First, install and activate the Front Page Category plugin.
Next, visit the Customizer (Appearance > Customize). You’ll see a new section named Front Page Categories.
Open this section, and you’ll find a checkbox available for every one of your categories.
Uncheck any categories you don’t want to be displayed on the homepage and they’ll be removed.
Easy, right?
The nice thing about this approach is that you can choose a couple of categories to display or just one. Your regular category archives will be left unaffected by this setting.
Conclusion
You can customize WordPress so much without writing code thanks to the thousands of great plugins.
This is another great example of a simple customization made possible with the right plugin. If you want to further optimize the categories on your site, you can set a default post category to save some time when publishing new posts.
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