Exclude Event Category from Calendar but NOT custom Query

[Glen Draeger]

It’s fairly easy to exclude a category globally using code from forum using the hook:

pre_get_posts

However, on the main calendar pages I’m running a custom slider using events. I want all categories to show in the slider but not in any of the calendar views below it. When I use pre_get_posts it effects not only the calendar, but my slider too removing the category from both.

Is there some way to only remove the category without removing it from my slider too?

[Geoff]

Hey @glendraeger,

Yeah, that’s totally possible!

Here’s an example of a snippet that removes events in categories named “concert” and “dance”:
https://gist.github.com/geoffgraham/247cf5d7c7e618a60db9

Note that it is currently targeting the List and Month views only, so you can modify that to include other calendar views as well.

Will this help you get started? Please let me know. 🙂

Cheers,
Geoff

[Glen Draeger]

Thanks, but this throws the error:

Undefined index: eventDisplay

[Glen Draeger]

I got it to stop throwing errors by adding this:

if ( ! isset( $query->query_vars[‘eventDisplay’] ) ) return; (found on your forums)

Everything is working. Thanks so much. I could not have figured that out on my own.

[Geoff]

Awesome! Nice work and thanks for following up to let me know that all is working.

Have a great weekend and let us know if any other questions pop up!

Cheers,
Geoff

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