Exlude category using get_option

I also tried this one but not worked

<?php
$bcat = get_option('mtn_blogcat');
$page_num = $paged;
if ($pagenum='') $pagenum =1;
query_posts('showposts=16&paged='.$page_num.'&cat=-'.$bcat); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

I’m not sure if I totally understand what you are trying to do, but it seems like you could use a standard get_posts call in your template like this:

<?php 

$args = array(
'category' 			=> 1,
'posts_per_page'	=> 5,
'orderby'			=>'title',
'order'				=>'asc',
'category__not_in' => array(2) );

$posts = get_posts( $args );

?>

That will return all posts in category 1 but not posts in category 2. Assuming you have posts that belong to both categories 1 and 2. Is that what you are looking for?

Side Note: You are using a variable in your code called $page_num but you are referring to it in your loop as $pagenum.

Thanks but is there any way to exlude using $variable instead the category id?
I want to hide this $bcat = get_option(‘mtn_blogcat’);
from home,feeds and search not from archives …

So on the code wich you gave above can I use $bcat instead 1?

<?php 

if (!(is_page('home'))) {
   $bcat = 'mtn_blogcat';
} else {
    //Do Nothing
}

$args = array(
'category' 			=> 1,
'posts_per_page'	=> 5,
'orderby'			=>'title',
'order'				=>'asc',
'category__not_in' => array($bcat) );

$posts = get_posts( $args );

?>

I think that’s what you’re trying to do? To exclude the $bcat variable for pages that aren’t the home page? And I’m assuming your posts have multiple categories?

I’m tryiing thankyou verymuch but a quote is missing and I dont know how to add
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ‘)’

Line 13 is ‘posts_per_page’ => 5,

I added a comma to number 1

<?php 

if (!(is_page('home'))) {
   $bcat = 'mtn_blogcat';
} else {
    //Do Nothing
}

$args = array(
'category' 			=> 1,
'posts_per_page'	=> 5,
'orderby'			=>'title',
'order'				=>'asc',
'category__not_in' => array($bcat) );

$posts = get_posts( $args );

?>

But I see the posts of category again

try this line

'category__not_in' => array($bcat) );

and take it out of the array

'category__not_in' => $bcat );

Does that work for you?

And yes, I forgot a comma after the 1…it’s fixed in the above code.

try this line

'category__not_in' => array($bcat) );

and take it out of the array

'category__not_in' => $bcat );

Does that work for you?

And yes, I forgot a comma after the 1…it’s fixed in the above code.

You can also try adding this instead of //Do Nothing

$bcat = '';

yes worked now you are great ?? thanks