I think your code did not work because of the minus sign in front of the numbers…
Try this:
<?php
if( is_search() ) :
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts("s=$s&paged=$paged&cat=71,6,69,68,73,75,74");
endif;
?>
The $s variable in query_posts() is not defined. You need something like $s = get_query_var('s'); (untested)
FYI, using query_posts() is discouraged because the original query is discarded and a new one run. Not very efficient. The preferred way to handle this is through the ‘pre_get_posts’ action. The first example in the following article is pretty much what you want, except use $query->is_search() instead of $query->is_home() . Plugin API/Action Reference/pre get posts
ah yes, silly me. I totally forgot to mention that the variable was not defined. I have been doing this for too long to gloss over that!
I think part of the problem is also that the numbers are negative numbers…
Thread Starter
mae48
(@mae48)
add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, ‘dazzling_setup’ );
function exclude_category( $query ) {
if ( $query->is_search() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
$query->set( ‘cat’, ‘71,6,69,68,73,75,74’ );
}
}
add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘exclude_category’ );
is this the correct setup??
Thread Starter
mae48
(@mae48)
oops, let me rephrase it. How can I search only for simple products?
Joey
(@leglesslizard)
Please use the code tags 🙂 makes it much much easier to read your posts.
I think your setup is correct, currently altering the search query to only look at those categories (I assume that’s what you were after?)
I think products in woocommerce are assigned post types depending on types so a product with post type “product” (as opposed to “product_variation” etc) is a simple product. In that case you should just be able to add:
$query->set('post_type', 'product');
Regards 🙂
