src/pages/Categories/index.tsx

@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ const FIGMA_CATEGORY_ORDER = [
   "official-assets",
   "media-coverage",
   "academy-video",
-  "general",
 ];
 
+// Categories the design no longer surfaces on this page. The backend still
+// returns them (and posts may still resolve their category names via the full
+// list) but they should never appear in the visible grid.
+const HIDDEN_CATEGORY_SLUGS = new Set(["general"]);
+
 function figmaCategoryRank(category: Category): number {
   const index = FIGMA_CATEGORY_ORDER.indexOf(category.slug);
   return index === -1 ? FIGMA_CATEGORY_ORDER.length : index;
@@ -45,9 +49,9 @@ export function CategoriesPage() {
     )}`;
     const applyCategories = (items: Category[]) =>
       setCats(
-        itemsOrEmpty(items).sort(
-          (a, b) => figmaCategoryRank(a) - figmaCategoryRank(b),
-        ),
+        itemsOrEmpty(items)
+          .filter((cat) => !HIDDEN_CATEGORY_SLUGS.has(cat.slug))
+          .sort((a, b) => figmaCategoryRank(a) - figmaCategoryRank(b)),
       );
 
     setErr(null);

src/pages/Home/index.tsx

@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ const FIGMA_CATEGORY_ORDER = [
   "official-assets",
   "media-coverage",
   "academy-video",
-  "general",
 ];
 
+// Hidden from the home categories carousel but still kept in the lookup map
+// so posts in these categories can still resolve their category label.
+const HIDDEN_CATEGORY_SLUGS = new Set(["general"]);
+
 function figmaCategoryRank(category: Category): number {
   const index = FIGMA_CATEGORY_ORDER.indexOf(category.slug);
   return index === -1 ? FIGMA_CATEGORY_ORDER.length : index;
@@ -214,9 +217,9 @@ export function Home() {
     };
   }, [lang]);
 
-  const figmaOrderedCategories = [...cats].sort(
-    (a, b) => figmaCategoryRank(a) - figmaCategoryRank(b),
-  );
+  const figmaOrderedCategories = cats
+    .filter((cat) => !HIDDEN_CATEGORY_SLUGS.has(cat.slug))
+    .sort((a, b) => figmaCategoryRank(a) - figmaCategoryRank(b));
 
   const categoryPages: Category[][] = [];
   for (let index = 0; index < figmaOrderedCategories.length; index += 9) {