Exclude category

Resolved clydefrog1
(@clydefrog1)

4 years, 10 months ago
On my site, I exclude the category from the whole site this way:
```
function exclude_category($query) {
    $query->set('cat', '-2370');
}
if(!is_admin()){
  add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'exclude_category' );
}
```
but the plugin still displays posts from this category, even if I entered
```
'taxonomy' => 'category',
'term_id' => -2370,
```
Is there a solution?

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Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

4 years, 10 months ago

Hi @clydefrog1,

Hard to say what’s happening without more info. If I had to guess, if you’re using multiple categories with your posts then WPP won’t exclude a post from the list if it the post also belongs to another category that’s being allowed.

Thread Starter clydefrog1
(@clydefrog1)

4 years, 10 months ago

Hello @hcabrera,
Post has only one category (id = 2370) and if I remove the function “exclude_category” from the functions.php then the post is not displayed via the plugin.

Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

4 years, 10 months ago

Alright, I’ll do some testing and report back as soon as possible.
Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

4 years, 10 months ago
Hi @clydefrog1,

Alright so I tried to reproduce the issue and the category filtering worked as expected for me. Using the pre_get_posts function in functions.php didn’t make any difference at all, WPP was able to filter out posts from the selected category just fine.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by Hector Cabrera. Reason: Fixed screenshot not loading
Thread Starter clydefrog1
(@clydefrog1)

4 years, 9 months ago

Ok, I tried disabling all other plugins, but it didn’t help. Maybe I can provide some other information?
Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

4 years, 9 months ago
If the issue still persists even after deactivating all of the other plugins then the only two things I can think of at the moment are:
- Page caching: are you using a caching plugin? Or is your hosting service providing some sort of page caching mechanism automatically for you? Or are you using a CDN based caching service, like Cloudflare for example?
- There might be an issue with your own code. You can share it here if you want me to review it.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Hector Cabrera. Reason: Reworded for clarity
Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

4 years, 9 months ago

Closing topic due to inactivity.

OP if you still need help with this please feel free to leave a comment below.