The WordPress default search includes all posts from all categories so if you need to exclude specific categories from your search results. you can modify the query with pre_get_posts in just one minute using this code snippet.
Steps to exclude specific categories from your search results:
- Open the WordPress admin panel then go to Appearance > Theme Editor
- Open theme functions.php file, if you work localhost open the same file using any code editor IDE
- Add the following code at the bottom of the file.
- Save the changes.
[php]
function zytheme_exclude_tags_search_results( $query ) {
if ( $query->is_main_query() && $query->is_search() && ! is_admin() ) {
$query->set( ‘tag’,’-2, -4′ );// Tags ID Here
}
}
add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘zytheme_exclude_tags_search_results’ );
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