WordPress - Exclude pages from search results
One way to exclude pages from search results is to install the Simply-Exclude plugin. Another solution I found to work pretty well is to add a filter in functions.php to only include posts categories instead of excluding pages from search results:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | // Remove pages from search function mySearchPostsFilter($query) { if ($query->is_search) { $query->set('cat','12,14,16,17,18'); // your category IDs } return $query; } add_filter('pre_get_posts','mySearchPostsFilter'); |
That s it! Replace the posts category IDs (‘12,14,16,17,18′) by your owns and it should work.
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jason allen says:
26 Nov, 2008
how do you exclude categories or posts?
I have found many plugins that will easily exclude pages. I m looking for a pluglin to exclude posts.
know anything for that?
Scott says:
26 Sep, 2011
This page could be usefull. It shows how to exclude pages or include specific categories in WordPress search
Scott says:
26 Sep, 2011
Sorry …
http://tocs-i.com/blog/exclude-pages-or-include-specific-categories-in-wordpress-search/
Jeremie Tisseau says:
26 Nov, 2008
Well, this post explains how to exclude categories. To exclude posts, once I came across a plugin but I don t remember its name.
Have you tried to search the WordPress plugin directory?
Otherwise, ask on their forum. Someone might answer you. you can also search on Lorelle s site. He always tells about the latest plugins.
jasprit says:
13 May, 2009
sir, i am having problem in my search it shows only the post name but i want like the as it shows in the index page of my site systematically
Wouter de Winter says:
23 Jul, 2009
Instead of including categories you can also specify a post type. This example includes only posts and excludes pages:
$query->set(‘post_type , ‘post );
Jeremie Tisseau says:
27 Jul, 2009
Thanks Wouter for the tip.
William Knight says:
9 Jun, 2010
Brilliant little function hack! Just what I needed…thanks Jeeremie!
Walt Ribeiro says:
23 Sep, 2010
Jeremie, great article. I was wondering how can I search a term in ONLY post title as opposed a whole category or blog post? For example, if I specify Bon+Jovi as the term for a category its written as http://fororchestra.com/category/songs/?s=Bon+Jovi but what if I want to search ONLY a blog post title?