Exclude Specific Post from While loop

Below is a simple if statement that just checks if the Post ID is not equaled to 333. So it will output every post except that one *fingers crossed*.

$thumbs = new WP_Query();
$thumbs->query('category_name=event');
// The Loop
while( $thumbs->have_posts() ) : $thumbs->the_post();
  if($post->ID !== 333):
?>

<!-- post format -->

<?php
  endif;
endwhile; ?>

Thanks harmck! Worked like a charm.

I don’t need this now, but if I wanted to exclude other posts from the query would I just use commas?

if($post->ID !== 333, 444, 555)

or some other way entirely?

Thanks again!

Hi Tage,

The above code would not accept multiple values. You would have to do is like below. But this is rather cumbersome.

if($post->ID !== 333 || $post->ID !== 444 || $post->ID !== 555):

So I have here’s another example with the multiple post exclusion provision.

$thumbs = new WP_Query();
$thumbs->query('category_name=event');
// The Loop
while( $thumbs->have_posts() ) : $thumbs->the_post();
  $posts_to_exclude = array(333, 444, 555);
  if(!in_array($post->ID, $posts_to_exclude)):
?>

<!-- post format -->

<?php
  endif;
endwhile; ?>

So in the $posts_to_exclude array you can comma separate all the posts you want ignored.

The if condition just shows the post if it is not in the array. If it is, it ignores it.

Hope this is what you’re looking for.

Thanks
Har

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*blushes* Haha. Better not let your significant other read that!