[Resolved] Excluding pages from hook

Hi there,

you can use Conditional Tags – see here for reference:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

And for excluding pages you would do:

add_action( 'your_hook_name','example_function_name' );  
function example_function_name() { 
    if ( ! is_page( array( 12, 24, 36 ) ) ) {
    ?> 
        Insert your hook contents in here.
    <?php 
    }
}

Not the is_page template tag where we add the array and list the ids. Before the tag is ! bang operator, which means NOT. So IF > NOT a page in this array do something 🙂

You’re welcome.

1. That is correct. We only added the ! function as wanted our IF condition to be TRUE if the page_IDs did not match those in the Array.

2. Lets expand and comment that code to explain:

function remove_search_sidebar( $sidebar ) 	{ 
    // Check if it is a page with id of xxxxx
    if ( is_page(31017) ) { 
        // if condition is met, return no-sidebar and end the function
        return 'no-sidebar'; 
    } 
    // if the condition is NOT met, return the current theme setting and end the function
    return $sidebar; 
}

When the return is fired, it does two things, 1) it returns the value 2) it ends the function there and then.
So if the if ( is_page(31017) ) { is FALSE it will move onto return $sidebar;

The $sidebar variable is whatever that page has set currently.

2. So do you want it to work on buddy press pages and some non-buddypress pages ?

1. Heres an example, if i have 100 posts, and i would like to DO SOMETHING to just 97 of them.
I could target all 97 posts in my Array:

if ( is_page( array( 1, 2, 3, 4, .... 95, 96, 97 ) ) ) {

But that would be crazy as i would have to write 97 IDs in my function.

So instead you can use the ! bang operator, so you just list the IDs that you DO NOT WANT TO DO SOMETHING with.

if ( !is_page( array( 98, 99, 100 ) ) ) {

But it was probably a bad example and we should go back…

2. Try this function:

add_filter( 'generate_sidebar_layout', 'remove_buddypress_sidebars' ); 
function remove_buddypress_sidebars( $sidebar ) { 
    // Array of page IDs that you want NO sidebar on
    $no_sidebar_pages = array( 123, 456 );
    if ( 
        ( function_exists( 'is_buddypress' ) && is_buddypress() ) // if it is buddypress 
        || is_page( $no_sidebar_pages ) ) // OR if it is a $no_sidebar_pages
    ) { 
        return 'no-sidebar'; 
    } 
    return $sidebar; 
}

This one you can update the IDs here:

$no_sidebar_pages = array( 123, 456 );

That way you don’t have to mess with the IF statement.

You’re welcome