Exclude category or specific posts from related posts

[Olaniyi]

Hi, How can I exclude multiple posts or a category from the related posts section; <nav id=”nav-below” class=”post-navigation”>

https://www.dropbox.com/s/42u60ovytfp64gm/2020-09-16%2016_15_31-Window.png?dl=0

[Leo]

Hi there,

Would something like this help?
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_category_post_navigation/

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[Olaniyi]

Yes, it should solve the problem.

[Leo]

Glad to hear 🙂

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[Olaniyi]

Hi, Can you help with a sample code, struggling to solve it by myself.

[Leo]

Try this:
add_filter( 'generate_category_post_navigation', '__return_true' );

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[Olaniyi]

I got this part, the code I was asking for:

If I want this to work for a specific category rather than the whole website.

[Leo]

Try this:

add_action( 'wp', 'lh_category_navigation' );
function lh_category_navigation() {
    if ( is_category( 'CATEGORY NAME' ) ) {
        add_filter( 'generate_category_post_navigation', '__return_true' );
    }
}

https://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#A_Category_Page

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Olaniyi]

This works, Thanks!

[Leo]

No problem 🙂

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[Olaniyi]

Hello, Is it possible to prevent some specific posts from showing in the post navigation? For example, if I have some posts unsuitable for kids, and I don’t want them to show under any post navigation, how would I exclude these posts?

[Elvin]

Hi,

Consider creating an R-18 category for posts that are not suitable for kids/minors.

You can then exclude that R-18 category the same way you’ve excluded the other categories.

A wise man once said:
"Have you cleared your cache?"

[Olaniyi]

Yeah, that would work but it is not ideal in the current situation, which is why I reopened the topic.

Is there any post specific situation, maybe excluding with post ID, something like that?

[Leo]

It’s pretty complicated to modify the WordPress posts loop like that.

A plugin like WP Show Posts should help:
https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-show-posts/

Then you can use the exclusion option:
https://docs.wpshowposts.com/article/more-settings-overview/#exclude-post-ids

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Olaniyi]

Alright, I will keep at it, thanks.

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