Exclude posts from WP_Query?

  • I’m trying to fetch a list of posts on a page but exclude some specific id’s from the results, so I’ve tried

    $my_query = new WP_Query('showposts=10&exclude=1,24,312')

    but the resulting object still contains the excluded posts. I’ve also tried:

    $my_query = new WP_Query('showposts=10&p=-1,-24,-312')

    to no avail. Can anybody suggest the proper way to do this?

    For example … I want to fetch the 10 most recent posts in the list except for the posts with an id’s of 1,24,312.

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  • hi

    ‘post__not_in’ => array(6,2,8)
    – exclusion, lets you specify the post IDs NOT to retrieve

    see https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/query_posts#Post_.26_Page_Parameters

    also, to confirm, use a single ampersand between parameters, not the “ampersand amp;” that the forum software displays a ampersand character as.

    You were really close. Use cat= followed by a negative sign and whatever category id you want to exclude.

    new WP_Query(“showposts=10&cat=-22,-12,-6”)

    Can this exclusion be used as a text widget in the sidebar? I am trying to show specific category posts in the sidebar widget “Recent Posts” while excluding posts within other categories.

    Is there any easier way to go about this?

    Consider downloading and installing Otto’s PHP Code Widget, then put something like this there:

    <?php
$args=array(
  'category__not_in' => array(22,12,6,4),
  'post_type' => 'post',
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'posts_per_page' => 5,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1
);
$my_query = null;
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
    <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
    <?php
  endwhile;
}
wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>

    Thank you Michael.

    Would I replace the 22,12,6,4 within the () with the categories that I want to include in the sidebar?

    ~ John

    To exclude categories 22,12,6,4
    'category__not_in' => array(22,12,6,4),

    To include categories 7,6,8,32
    'category__in' => array(7,6,8,32),

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