Exclude Related Listings Categories

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December 25, 2016 at 12:11 pm #330371

Michael
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Post count: 16

Is there any way to exclude categories from related listings in the detail page? I have all encompassing categories as the parent categories, eg. Food, Drinks, etc. and more specific categories as sub-categories, eg. Mexican, Japanese, Steakhouse, etc. If someone is looking at a listing for say a Mexican Food restaurant, they should see related listings for other Mexican Food restaurants, not four Sushi restaurants that happen to be nearby. However, with the current setup this is what’s happening as they are all under the parent category Food. Thanks for the help.

December 25, 2016 at 12:28 pm #330373

Guust
Moderator

Post count: 29970

I don’t think that is possible, but I have asked the developers to have a look at your question too.
Thanks.

December 25, 2016 at 12:42 pm #330388

Michael
Buyer

Post count: 16

Okay, thank you.

December 26, 2016 at 12:36 pm #330660
Stiofan O’Connor
Site Admin

Post count: 22956
Hi Michael,

There is no setting for this and no super simple way to do it but the whole query can be filtered by geodir_related_posts_widget_query_args filter. https://wpgeodirectory.com/codex/codex/geodirectory_filters/geodir_related_posts_widget_query_args/

not tested and needs to be edited but you would need to do something like this:
```
add_filter('geodir_related_posts_widget_query_args','_my_gd_related_filter',10,2);
function _my_gd_related_filter($query_args, $request){

	if(isset($query_args['tax_query'][0]['terms'])){
		global $post;
		$query_args['tax_query'][0]['terms'] = array(11,22,33); // you can set the cat id's
		$query_args['tax_query']['terms'] = array($post->default_category); // you can use the default category of the post..
	}

	return $query_args;
}
```
Thanks,

Stiofan
December 28, 2016 at 9:29 am #331613
Michael
Buyer

Post count: 16
Hi Stiofan,

Thanks for the code, but it doesn’t seem to do anything. Neither using the default category or specifying a specific category.

I notice you are using “geodir_related_posts_widget_query_args”

The Related Listing I’m talking about is the one that displays at the bottom of the details page,
Design > Detail > Related Post Settings

Not the one you setup using a widget. Is there a different filter for the area I’m talking about?

Here’s the code that doesn’t work, the original was missing a “)”
```
add_filter('geodir_related_posts_widget_query_args','_my_gd_related_filter',10,2);
function _my_gd_related_filter($query_args, $request){
    
    if(isset($query_args['tax_query']['terms'])){
        global $post;
        $query_args['tax_query']['terms'] = array($post->default_category);
    }

    return $query_args;
}
```
Thanks
December 28, 2016 at 5:08 pm #332097

Stiofan O’Connor
Site Admin

Post count: 22956

Hi Michael,

There was an extra level or array, i have updated my code above to work.

Thanks,

Stiofan

December 29, 2016 at 3:38 am #332592

Michael
Buyer

Post count: 16

Hi Stiofan,

That works perfectly. Thanks for the help.

Michael
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