Title: WordPress function wp_list_pages not accepting "exclude" argument
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress function wp_list_pages not accepting "exclude" argument

 *  [John O](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jossoway/)
 * (@jossoway)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-function-wp_list_pages-not-accepting-exclude-argument/)
 * Hi,
 * I am trying to use the function wp_list_pages() to generate a simple site map,
   with a couple of pages excluded from the list, but the exclude argument doesn’t
   seem to be working. Am I doing something wrong? The list generates fine, and 
   accepts other arguments, it just seems to be ignoring “exclude”.
 * Here is the code i am using:
 *     ```
       <ul>
       	<?php
       	$args = array(
       	 'title_li' => '',
       	'exclude' => '4,6',
       	'sort_column'  => 'post_title'
       	);
              wp_list_pages($args);
       	?>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * Can anyone see where I am going wrong and help? Thanks.
 * John

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 *  [shadez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadez/)
 * (@shadez)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-function-wp_list_pages-not-accepting-exclude-argument/#post-4375082)
 * try with `(4,6)`
 *  Thread Starter [John O](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jossoway/)
 * (@jossoway)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-function-wp_list_pages-not-accepting-exclude-argument/#post-4375089)
 * Hi – thanks for the suggestion, but when I replace ‘4,6’ with (4,6) I get:
 *     ```
       Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',' in (and then it indicates the line i have changed)
       ```
   
 * I also tried with (‘4,6’) but that got ignored again. 🙁
 *  [shadez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadez/)
 * (@shadez)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-function-wp_list_pages-not-accepting-exclude-argument/#post-4375125)
 * oops.. me bad. i did a check on my site and your code’s perfect as-is.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-function-wp_list_pages-not-accepting-exclude-argument/#post-4375125)
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