Dec 29 2011

How to Remove Specific Posts from Blog Page in Genesis

Recently, I needed to remove a specific post from a blog page. Here's how I did it.

[php]
add_filter( 'genesis_custom_loop_args', 'wps_exclude_post' );
function wps_exclude_post ( $args ) {
$args['post__not_in'] = array(6586); //Post ID
return $args;
}
[/php]

This code adds an argument to the WordPress query called 'post__not_in' which takes an array of post IDs. So, I could just create a laundry list of posts I don't want in; however, in my case I only needed to exclude one.

As always, this code goes in functions.php.

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Comments

Joan BoludaJoan says

September 26, 2015 at 12:35 am

Hi Travis! I’m trying this code bit it doesn’t seem to work. Am I missing something? Is it still working? In fact, I cannot use the genesis_custom_loop_args filter at all, it has no effect on the loop.

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- Travis Smith says
  
  September 27, 2015 at 3:01 pm
  
  Hello Joan,
  
  This only works for pages using the Blog template, page_blog.php. Are you trying it on that page? Otherwise, you will need to use the pre_get_posts hook and modify the query the standard WordPress way.
  
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