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Hello, I am currently building out a family member's site. I am currently stuck because I am trying to limit the type of posts to be on the blog page,. No matter what I do, it doesn't allow me to sort out the categories I don't want to see. Would appreciate any help. Currently have a custom field of querty_args setup with the following:
https://kneblesauto.com/blog/cat=2390, 2392, 2393, 2394, 2395, 2396, 2397, 2398, 2399, 2400, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2419, 2405, 2416, 2417, 2423, 2406, 2407, 2418, 2408, 2409, 2411, 2412;category__not_in=-2, -2213,-2216,-2215,-2236,-2201,-2203,-2207,-2204,-2214,-2206,-2210,-2202,-2205,-2212,-2209,-2217,-2211,-2208I tested this again and it works.
Try removing the minus sign - before each category id when using category__not_in
@braddalton. Thank you for responding. That is the tutorial I used, but unfortunately it still doesn't work. This is what I am using now after updating.
cat=2390, 2392, 2393, 2394, 2395, 2396, 2397, 2398, 2399, 2400, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2419, 2405, 2416, 2417, 2423, 2406, 2407, 2418, 2408, 2409, 2411, 2412;category__not_in=2, 2213,2216,2215,2236,2201,2203,2207,2204,2214,2206,2210,2202,2205,2212,2209,2217,2211,2208@fattony69 those look like the Page ID numbers and not the Category ID numbers.
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@anita I am under the impression it isn't. I am grabbing the ID's from the category edit links:
https://kneblesauto.com/wp-admin/term.php?taxonomy=category&tag_ID=2390&post_type=post&wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2Fedit-tags.php%3Ftaxonomy%3Dcategory@fattony69 okay. The id numbers are large. I normally see them as lower numbers.
From this StudioPress tutorial:
To exclude a specific category, add a minus symbol (in other words, a dash) in front of the category ID parameter in the value field as described below.
* In the Name field, enter or select query_args.
* In the Value field, enter cat=all. All posts from all categories will be displayed on the page.
* Click Add Custom Field to preserve your settings.And normally, you do not include the spaces after the comma (i.e., 1,2,3)
You also have a semicolon in your code which should probably be a comma.
;category__not_in=2
Maybe take all of that out of there completely and only include the items you do not want to have displayed.
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The semicolon is used to separate each argument.
There's no need to use cat and category__not_in
You either include the categories you want to display or exclude the ones you don't.
Also note, are you using the id for parent categories or child categories?
@anita and @braddalton I appreciate your help very much. I took what you both said and replaced it with the following, but for some reason, nothing changed.
cat=-2,-2213,-2216,-2215,-2236,-2201,-2203,-2207,-2204,-2214,-2206,-2210,-2202,-2205,-2212,-2209,-2217,-2211,-2208Also, to answer your question, it is both the parent and child categories.
Are they the parent id's or child category id's?
Would need to see the entire custom field value field which includes your other arguments.
Please take a screenshot of the custom field which includes the key and value fields.
@brad "2" is the parent category id and the subsequent numbers are the child category id's. Here are the custom field key and values.
See here https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#category-parameters
Try category__not_in with the parent category id's only.
@brad I tried that as well and unfortunately did not work.
@braddalton Ah. I have fixed it to what you showed and unfortunately still doesn't change.
And you added the parent category id's or child id's?
You set the Settings > Reading > posts page to the page using the custom fields?
Based on my testing it works.
@braddalton Solely the parent category id and yes I chose the correct page.
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