Title: Filter Variable
Last modified: June 6, 2023

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# Filter Variable

 *  Resolved [smitterer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smitterer/)
 * (@smitterer)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-variable/)
 * Hi,
 * While importing, I’m trying to filter out any categories which hold a specific
   keyword like “Apple”.
 * The category path in the import file would be something like Fruits>Apple>Green
 * xpath looks like `or category_path[1][not(contains(.,"Apple"))]`
 * Unfortunately this still imports the Apples. Do I need to use some variable and
   if so, how?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
 * (@wpallimport)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-variable/#post-16798815)
 * Hey [@smitterer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smitterer/),
 * The filter looks to be correct so far, but we’d need more information to give
   an answer here. Could you please recreate your import on one of our sandbox sites:
   [https://www.wpallimport.com/debug/](https://www.wpallimport.com/debug/) – and
   then contact us via our support form (providing the URL to the sandbox site you
   created): [https://www.wpallimport.com/support/](https://www.wpallimport.com/support/)

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