[Resolved] Remove Specific Post From Blog Page

[Caitriona]

I am trying to remove a specific post from my blog page. How do I do it?

[David]

Hi there,

try this PHP Snippet:

function excludePostId($query) {
  $postIds = array(
    66
  );

  if ( $query->is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
    set_query_var('post__not_in', $postIds);
  }
}
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'excludePostId');

Change the 66 to the ID of the post you want to exclude.

[Caitriona]

Is there something missing in this code? I tried it by adding it to my Generatpress Child Theme and cleared the cache but I didn’t see any improvement.

[Ying]

Hi Caitriona,

What’s the code you are using? Have you changed the 66 to the IDs of the posts?

[Caitriona]

Hi, yes I did. Sent you a screenshot.

[Ying]

The code looks right.

I checked all 27 pages of your blog, I don’t see this post.

[Caitriona]

Did you try using the search bar? When I use the search bar I can see it. The search bar is in the top right when you click on Blog

[Ying]

That’s the search result page, your original request is to remove the post from blog.

So do you want to remove the post from the search result page as well?

[Caitriona]

Ah ok. I didn’t know there would be a difference. Yes, I would like it too, please.

[Ying]

Then use this snippet instead:

function excludePostId($query) {
  $postIds = array(
    4986
  );

  if ( ($query->is_home() ||$query->is_search() ) && $query->is_main_query() ) {
    set_query_var('post__not_in', $postIds);
  }
}
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'excludePostId');

[Caitriona]

Will this code remove from blog and search results? I need it removed from both. Or will I just use both snippets?

[Caitriona]

I have added it just now.

[Ying]

Only my snippet is needed, you can remove the old one.

Just checked the search result page, it seems working well:
https://www.screencast.com/t/IDEdVr9mjj

[Caitriona]

Thank you, Ying 🙂

[Ying]

No problem 🙂

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