Title: Filtering loop query
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Filtering loop query

 *  [aloncarmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aloncarmel/)
 * (@aloncarmel)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-query/)
 * Hello,
    I’m writing aplugin that im trying to filter out posts from the loop 
   via certain if.
 * function add_my_stuff($title)
    { global $wpdb; global $post_privacy; global $
   id; global $authordata; global $postdata; global $post;
 * if ($post_privacy->privacy == “private”) {
 * $title = “Private Post”.$content;
 * }
    return $title; }
 * add_filter(‘the_title’,’add_my_stuff’);
 * this works perfect, But i wish to completly wipe out the post from the loop and
   not just alter it.
    How can i do that?, I searched the hooks and i didnt find
   anything.

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-query/#post-460151)
 * Without completely understand what you’re after, it sounds similar (conceptually)
   to this Category Visibility plugin: [http://ryowebsite.com/?p=46](http://ryowebsite.com/?p=46)
 * Maybe have a look at that one and see how he does it?
 *  Thread Starter [aloncarmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aloncarmel/)
 * (@aloncarmel)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-query/#post-460163)
 * Hey, thanks for the link.
    What i want todo is remove a certain post that equales
   the IF i did from the query loop. Not just changing the title like i did now.
 * I understood i need to use the_posts hook for the filter but i need to return
   to the array some how i dont understand how.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-query/#post-460177)
 * Well, the lazy way would be to add the private posts to a category (perhaps “
   Private” would make sense?) and then use the plugin I showed to filter ’em out.
 * I know that’s not as much fun as making your own 😉 but it’s an approach.
 * If that’s truly missing the mark, perhaps a coder type will spot this thread 
   and offer some ideas.
 *  Thread Starter [aloncarmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aloncarmel/)
 * (@aloncarmel)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-query/#post-460266)
 * i am tagging the private posts already with a plugin of my own. I can filter 
   out the ones that i marked as public or private. but i dont know how to alter
   the array query of the posts so that they wont be calculated in the loop in the
   firstplace. i manage to remove post_link and such but i understood i need to 
   use posts_where or the_posts in the filter. but i need to return an array filtered
   and i dont know how.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-query/#post-460267)
 * Ah. I begin to understand. I don’t have the answer, but you might look over the
   code in that first link I gave you. I know he does handle that exact same scenario.
 *  Thread Starter [aloncarmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aloncarmel/)
 * (@aloncarmel)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-query/#post-460336)
 * anyone might know?
 *  [di0fref](https://wordpress.org/support/users/di0fref/)
 * (@di0fref)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-query/#post-460339)
 * Why don’t you just collect the post_ID on the private posts in an array like 
   this:
 * $res = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT ID FROM $tableposts WHERE status = ‘private”);
 * if(have_posts(): while(have_posts(): the_post()){
    if(!in_array(the_id(), $res-
   >ID){ //do your stuff } } …
 * Or similar…
 *  Thread Starter [aloncarmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aloncarmel/)
 * (@aloncarmel)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-query/#post-460340)
 * because im not refering to the regular private. for each post i added a value
   for private global posts and global public posts.
    whats not working ?
 * function filterbugs($where){
    global $wpdb; global $bug_meta; global $id; global
   $authordata; global $postdata; global $post;
 * if ($bug_meta->privacy == ‘private’); {
    $where .= “”; return $where; }
 * }
    add_filter(‘posts_where’,’filterbugs’);
 * it gets the whole list scambled and massed up. how can i return an empty $where
   to the posts_where.
    I manage to whip out a post with a certain title but i dont
   need to whip with a certain title because i already know the post status with
   a global $bug_meta

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