Title: Exclude roles in search filter
Last modified: January 14, 2022

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# Exclude roles in search filter

 *  Resolved [pasalomoco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasalomoco/)
 * (@pasalomoco)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-roles-in-search-filter/)
 * I want to make my own account type search filter in the members directory with
   this logic:
 * “Show me members with ‘A’ role but not with ‘B’ role ”
 * How can I do this ?
 * THX

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-roles-in-search-filter/#post-15251865)
 * Hi [@pasalomoco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasalomoco/)
 * Have you tried checking the Member Directory settings to filter which user roles
   to display in the member directory results? Please go to WP Admin > Ultimate 
   Member > Member Directories > Edit a directory > General Options > see “User 
   Roles to Display”.
 * Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [pasalomoco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasalomoco/)
 * (@pasalomoco)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-roles-in-search-filter/#post-15252410)
 * Yes, i have this but i have a profile with two roles at the same time
 * A and B
 * I want to filter excluding the accounts with A role but not B role
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by [pasalomoco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasalomoco/).
 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-roles-in-search-filter/#post-15263172)
 * Hi [@pasalomoco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasalomoco/)
 * Sorry for the late response.
 * This requires customization on your end. You can try modifying the following 
   code snippet to display specific user roles to the member directory:
 *     ```
       add_filter("um_prepare_user_query_args","um_011822_show_specific_user_roles");
       function um_011822_show_specific_user_roles( $user_query ){
   
           $user_query['role__in'] = array('my_b_role_slug');
   
           return $user_query;
       }
       ```
   
 * Regards,
 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-roles-in-search-filter/#post-15295219)
 * Hi [@pasalomoco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasalomoco/)
 * ..Please feel free to re-open this thread by changing the Topic Status to ‘Not
   Resolved’ if any other questions come up and we’d be happy to help. 🙂
 * Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [pasalomoco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasalomoco/)
 * (@pasalomoco)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-roles-in-search-filter/#post-15297097)
 * Thanks !
 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-roles-in-search-filter/#post-15297368)
 * Thanks for letting us know.
 * Regards,

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## Tags

 * [filter](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/filter/)
 * [members directory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/members-directory/)
 * [rol](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rol/)

 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-roles-in-search-filter/#post-15297368)
 * Status: resolved