alx_related_posts function

Hi Sharon. Took a quick look around and found this article. Haven’t tried actually applying it to the function but might give you some ideas.

Hi Sharon. Just checking to see if you were able to resolve your question.

Hi Sharon. I think I have something that might work for you. This involves editing the functions.php file. After you set the initial categories to exclude, you’ll need to remember to update the function if you need to adjust the categories.

1. In Post – Categories, edit each category you want to exclude and get the “tag_ID=” number from the URL.
2. Copy the entire Related Posts function from the parent functions.php to your child theme functions.php.
3. Find the following code at the end of the “//Related by tags” section of the function:

}
  if ( !$tags ) { $break = true; }
  }

4. Between the code line and the closing bracket, add three new lines of code so it looks like this:

}
  if ( !$tags ) { $break = true; }
  else {
    // Define categories to exclude
    $args['category__not_in'] = array( 1,2,3 );
  }

5. Replace the ( 1,2,3 ) with the category IDs you selected in #1 above.
6. Test.

Let me know how that works.