Exclude a parent page with get_pages()

Have you tried:
<?php $pages = get_pages('exclude=array(10)'); ?>

See:
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/get_pages/

• This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by wpfundi.

Thanks but I think that would only give me the subpages of p10, but without the other top-level pages?

See my modified reply

How would that work any different to what I have already?

Use the WP_Query class to get pages:

$query = new WP_Query([
	'post__not_in'=> [10,],
	'post_type'=>'page',
]);

Posts returned will be in $query->posts

Thanks but won’t that include p10 and exclude its sub-pages? I’m looking for the other way round.

It returns all pages except the one with ID 10. 'post__in'=>[10,], will only return page ID 10 and nothing else. I did test the query to ensure it returned children despite excluding the parent. I’m not sure why get_pages() behavior is different.

After the query start the loop with foreach ( $query->posts as $page ) : to best fit with the rest of your code. FWIW, the proper way to drive a loop with WP_Query is shown in the first examples here: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/classes/wp_query/

Ah I see ?? thank you!