[Support request] Google webstories on archives

[Hilton]

I installed the Google Web Stories plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/) and when creating a story, I noticed that it kept appearing in the site’s search listings, as shown here https://bit.ly/36S9tlk. Is there a way to prevent these web stories from appearing on the website archives?

[David]

Hi there,

not sure about this, but you can try this PGP snippet:

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_search_exclude_filter' );
function my_search_exclude_filter( $query ) {
     if ( ! $query->is_admin && $query->is_search && $query->is_main_query() ) {
	$searchable_post_types = get_post_types( array( 'exclude_from_search' => false ) );
	$post_type_to_remove = 'web-story';
	if( is_array( $searchable_post_types ) && in_array( $post_type_to_remove, $searchable_post_types ) ) {
	    unset( $searchable_post_types[ $post_type_to_remove ] );
	    $query->set( 'post_type', $searchable_post_types );
	}
    }
}

I am making the assumption that the web stories post type slug is: web-story

[Hilton]

Hi David,

You always have the perfect solution!

Thanks!!

[David]

Awesome – glad to hear that works!

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