2026-04-21 — Jan's In the Media + Blog fixes

Source

Basecamp thread "Top prio: New Solano CF Website Direction and Copy" — two sub-asks Jan flagged on Apr 21.

What changed

Fix 1: Testimonials hidden from /in-the-media/

• File: archive-media_mention.php (theme root)
• Change: Added a hardcoded NOT IN filter on content_type=testimonial in the archive WP_Query, above the existing admin-settings-driven filter. Press coverage only now.
• Why hardcoded (not via admin option): Admin option lives only in the DB; doesn't travel with a deploy. Hardcoding ships via git → Flywheel deploy with no follow-up action.
• Not deleted: The 24 testimonial posts still exist and still render via the Testimonials ACF module on other pages.

Fix 2: "Archive" pill removed from /blog/ filter bar

• File: home.php (theme root)
• Change: Removed 'archive' => 'Archive' from the $filter_categories array — filter bar now shows National / Local / All.
• Not deleted: The underlying Archive category still exists in WordPress. Posts in that category still exist and are still accessible.

Verified

• Chrome-devtools MCP against east-solano-plan.local — both pages render correctly, no console errors, filter pills still function.
• WP-CLI confirmed 24 articles + 24 testimonials in DB.

PR

#13 — Fix: Hide testimonials from In the Media, remove Archive blog pill — branch feature/jan-apr21-fixes, commit 90e3495.

Deploy note

Code-only change. No DB updates needed. Once PR merges and Eric pushes to Flywheel via Local's MagicSync, the fix is live.