Correct way to exclude a category from related events

[derekshirk]

I it looks like thee is a funciton tribe_get_related_posts that returns the related posts/events for a single event. How would I go about hooking into or filtering that function to remove a specific category (category id = 18).

Thanks.

[Brian]

Hi,

Thanks for using our plugins. I can help you out with this.

We have a filter called:

tribe_related_posts_args

That filers the arguments for the Related Event Query.

You could use that to add an exclude for a category.

The function that filter is in is called:

tribe_get_related_posts

And found in this file:

events-calendar-pro\public\template-tags\general.php

Let me know if you have any follow up questions.

Thanks

[derekshirk]

OK, that is helpful. Not I need to figure out how to property write the filter. would I do something like this?

 add_action( 'tribe_get_related_posts_args', 'excl_category_from_related' );
     
    function excl_category_from_related() {
        
        $args = array(
            'cat' => -18,
            );

        return $args ;
    }

[Brian]

I think it would be closer to this as you have to use a filter not an action for this:

add_filter( 'tribe_get_related_posts_args', 'excl_category_from_related', 10, 1 );

function excl_category_from_related( $args ) {

$args['cat'] = -18;

return $args ;
}

That is untested though so it may not work.

This section the is where I would see the problems happening first:

$args[‘cat’] = -18;

[Brian]

Since I haven’t heard back from you here, I’m going to go ahead and close out this thread. Feel free to start a new thread if you have further issues. Thanks! 🙂

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