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1. bcreighton
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi,

   Is there anyway to exempt certain categories from being searched? I tried using query_posts() but it seemed to pulling all of those entries instead.

   Thanks,
   Beth

2. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   <?php
   if( is_search() )  :
   $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   query_posts("s=$s&paged=$paged&cat=-1,-11,-101");
   endif;
   ?>

   "s=$s" is the key for this query; $s is a global variable in WordPress that holds the search phrase. Just change "cat=-1,-11,-101" to list the categories you need excluded (minus sign before each, naturally). That $paged part is explained here:

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/57912#post-312858

3. bcreighton
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Perfect! Thank you! :)

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