WordPress: If the_category != “category2”

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Quick WordPress question. Is it possible to check against a specific category, so not to display it? I tried this, but my category was still being echoed (no errors). 

 <?php if (the_category() != "NAMEOFMYCATEGORY") { the_category(' | '); } ?>

Or would I need to work with a new function?

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To clarify: I want to HIDE 1 specific category so it doesn’t show up.

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4 comments

  1. This should work:

    <?php
foreach (get_the_category() as $category) {
    if ( $category->name !== 'FORBIDDEN CATEGORY NAME' ) {
        echo '<a href="' . get_category_link($category->term_id) . '">' .$category->name . '</a><br />'; //Markup as you see fit
    }

    The name is Caps sensitive.

  2. Why not to use the codex version?

    if (is_home()) {query_posts('cat=-1,-2,-3'); }  // excludes categories 1 2 3

    also do you remember in_category() ?

    if (have_posts() && (!in_category('3')) {

//do domething;

} else // do different loop

  3. I think you need to do something like this, if i got ur question correctly 🙂

    foreach((get_the_category()) as $category) {
   if($category->cat_name = 'mycheckcatname')
   {
   DO THIS
   }
   else
   {
   Do THAT
   }
}

    NEW EDIT—

    or this is what else u are looking for —

    <?php if (is_category('Category A')) : ?>
<p>This is the text to describe category A</p>
<?php elseif (is_category('Category B')) : ?>
<p>This is the text to describe category B</p>
<?php else : ?>
<p>This is some generic text to describe all other category pages, 
I could be left blank</p>
<?php endif; ?>

  4. <?php 
    $categories =  get_categories('');
    $excluded_categories = array('Sem Categoria','Uncategorized');

    foreach  ($categories as $category) {
        if(in_array( $category->cat_name, $excluded_categories)){
            continue;
        }
        echo $category->name;
    }                                     
?>