Exclude based on custom field value?

  • Resolved FriendlyWP

    (@mmcginnis)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hi, is there a way to exclude a page/post based on the value of a custom field? For instance if the meta_key ‘status’ is set to meta_value ‘inactive’, I don’t want that post displayed in search results.

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Contributor pronskiy

    (@pronskiy)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hi @mmcginnis

    It’s definitely possible, but the solution may vary depending on your WordPress setup.
    For the simplest case, you don’t even need the Search Exclude plugin. Try adding following code to your functions.php:

    
add_filter('pre_get_posts', function ($query) {
    $shouldApply =
        (!is_admin() || (defined('DOING_AJAX') && DOING_AJAX))
        && $query->is_search;

    if ($shouldApply) {
        $query->set('meta_query', array(
        'relation' => 'OR',
            array(
                'key' => 'status',
                'compare' => '!=',
                'value' => 'inactive',
            ),
            array(
                'key' => 'status',
                'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS',
                'value' => ''
            ),
        ));
    }

    return $query;
});

    Please let me know if this worked for you. If not, feel free me to reach me out by email [email protected] and we’ll figure it out.

    Cheers!

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by pronskiy.
    Thread Starter FriendlyWP

    (@mmcginnis)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Thank you so much @pronskiy for the quick reply – that worked perfectly!! Much appreciated.

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