Posted 1 year ago #
I have a page of "almost" all posts, I want to exclude a few cat and it's children. It DOES exclude the main cats (71 and 71) but DOES NOT exclude the children of 483, 482... am i missing a comma somewhere, or should i use another bit of code?
$cats_to_exclude = array(
71, // Exhibitions
72, // Workshops
'child_of' => 483, // american photographers parent category
'child_of' => 482 // european photographers parent category
);Really appreciate a hint from a php expert! :-)
Posted 1 year ago #
Have you tried this:
<?php query_posts(array('category__not_in' => array(71,72)));
?>I think this will exclude the categories and its children.
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi,
Thanks for your help. It won't work though, it has a loop underneath fetching the posts from that category... the script below is:
if ( in_array($category->cat_ID, $cats_to_exclude) ) continue;
So, i guess i somehow need to make this code above work... is it this bit that is wrong?
'child_of' => 483,
Is there another way i can formulate that to make it work?
Appreciate your help!
Posted 1 year ago #
What the script does is call up the categories, then the posts for each of the categories underneath. Take a look at this page if it makes it clearer:
http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/all-articles
Posted 1 year ago #
Can't you make the array like this then:
$cats_to_exclude = array(
71, // Exhibitions
72, // Workshops
483, // american photographers parent category
482 // european photographers parent category
);If you want to have more child categories in the future you can use something like this so you don't have to hardcode all the child categories in your array:
$parent_cats_to_exclude = array(71,72);
foreach ( $parent_cats_to_exclude as $cat ) {
$cats_to_exclude[] = $cat;
$child_categories = get_categories('child_of='.$cat);
foreach ( $child_categories as $child ) {
$cats_to_exclude[] = $child->cat_ID;
}
}Now the $cats_to_exclude array is populated with parent categories and all its child categories
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi,
Thanks for the advice, but I do want to exclude the child categories as well. So, both parent and child of 483 and 482, 71 and 71 does not have any children.
How do i write it then? Any ideas?
Will your script above do this?
Posted 1 year ago #
Yes it does! Thank you so much for your help! I really really appreciate it!
Posted 1 year ago #
How do you mean "483 and 482, 71 and 71 does not have any children."
I think this is what you need,
change this:
$parent_cats_to_exclude = array(71,72);to this
$parent_cats_to_exclude = array(71,72,483,482);And let the script do its thing:
if ( in_array($category->cat_ID, $cats_to_exclude) ) continue;
Posted 1 year ago #
You mean i should change this bit to:
$parent_cats_to_exclude = array(71,72,483,482);
And skip this bit?
foreach ( $parent_cats_to_exclude as $cat ) {
$cats_to_exclude[] = $cat;
$child_categories = get_categories('child_of='.$cat);
foreach ( $child_categories as $child ) {
$cats_to_exclude[] = $child->cat_ID;
}
}
Posted 1 year ago #
Have you resoved this topic?
No don't skip that bit. Just put all parent categories in the $parent_cats_to_exclude array. and that bit will make a new array $cats_to_exclude with all parent and children categories you want to exclude
Posted 1 year ago #
Yes, i resolved it. The first bit of script you sent worked fine, i just slotted it in and added 483,482 and it worked fine, like this:
$parent_cats_to_exclude = array(71,72, 483,482);
foreach ( $parent_cats_to_exclude as $cat ) {
$cats_to_exclude[] = $cat;
$child_categories = get_categories('child_of='.$cat);
foreach ( $child_categories as $child ) {
$cats_to_exclude[] = $child->cat_ID;
}
}Thank you so much for your help!
Posted 1 year ago #
glad you got it working the way you wanted.
Posted 1 year ago #
Glad you helped me! Thank you!
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