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1. michaelbolland
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Good morning all,

   Could anyone tell me if it's possible to include wildcards in WP_Query, for example: category=news*

   Also is it possible to have exclusions similar to this

   category_exclude=notnews*

   Thanks in advance

   Mike

2. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 2 years ago #

   No. Wildcards of that sort don't work, and there's no "category_exclude" parameter to begin with.

   You can use category__not_in for queries though, like so:

   // this excludes categories with ID's of 1, 2, and 3
   query_posts(array(
   'category__not_in' => array(1,2,3),
   ));

3. michaelbolland
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   of that sort? is there another way? sorry the ID's could be anything

4. apljdi
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It is possible to directly alter the MySql query string via the posts_* filters. You really need to have a good grip on MySql syntax though.

5. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Or could build an array of the category IDs you don't want with Function_Reference/get_categories, then use the format Otto suggested.

6. michaelbolland
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   but users will be adding categories later

   apljdi sounds like the best idea so far

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