Opt Out Federation for a Category

Disable federation for all content in a specific Joomla category.

Before you begin

Category-level opt-out is supported in runtime, but there is currently no dedicated Joomla form field for it.
This is an advanced admin workflow and requires direct database access.
Confirm the numeric Joomla category ID before changing data.

Apply the opt-out

Insert or update a row in #__fediverse_content_settings:

INSERT INTO #__fediverse_content_settings (context, item_id, federate)
VALUES ('com_content.category', <CATEGORY_ID>, 0)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE federate = VALUES(federate);

Replace <CATEGORY_ID> with the Joomla category ID.

Re-enable federation later

To turn federation back on for that category:

INSERT INTO #__fediverse_content_settings (context, item_id, federate)
VALUES ('com_content.category', <CATEGORY_ID>, 1)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE federate = VALUES(federate);

Check your result

Publish or update an article in that category.
Open Components -> Fediverse -> Deliveries.
Confirm no new outbound delivery is queued for that article.

Troubleshooting

If deliveries still appear, confirm you used the correct category ID.
If only one article should be excluded, use the per-content guide instead of the category-wide setting.