Tag: pre_get_posts

This code enables you to select which single pages you want displayed on the front page of your WordPress site. It excludes all posts and only shows pages.

Single Page by I.D #

The following code displays a single page with the ID of 1594 on your home page.

add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'display_page_only_in_loop' );

function display_page_only_in_loop( $query ) {

if ( ! is_admin() && is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
  
  $query->set('post_type', array( 'page' ) );
  
  $query->set('post__in', array( '1594' ) );
  
  }
  
}

Single Post by I.D #

The following code displays a single post with the ID of 68356 on your home page.

add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'display_post_only_in_loop' );

function display_post_only_in_loop( $query ) {

if ( ! is_admin() && is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
  
  $query->set('post__in', array( '68356' ) );
  
  }
  
}

Multiple Single Pages by I.D #

To display multiple single pages on your home page, use a comma separated array of page id’s like this :

add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'include_pages_in_loop' );

function include_pages_in_loop( $query ) {

if ( ! is_admin() && is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {

    $query->set('post_type', array( 'page' ) );
  
    $query->set('post__in', array( 1594, 852 ) );
  
  }
  
}

Swap out the page id’s in the above code from 1594, 852 to your own page ID’s.

Multiple Single Posts by I.D #

To display multiple single posts on your home page, use a comma separated array of post id’s like this :

add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'include_posts_in_loop' );

function include_posts_in_loop( $query ) {

if ( ! is_admin() && is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
  
    $query->set('post__in', array( 1, 2 ) );
  
  }
  
}

Swap out the post id’s in the above code from 1, 2 to your own post ID’s.

Multiple Single Pages & Posts by I.D #

To display multiple single posts & single pages on your home page, use a comma separated array of post and page id’s like this :

add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'include_pages_posts_in_loop' );

function include_pages_posts_in_loop( $query ) {

if ( ! is_admin() && is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {

    $query->set('post_type', array( 'post', 'page' ) );
  
    $query->set('post__in', array( 1594, 852, 68356, 68353 ) );
  
  }
  
}

Swap out the post & page id’s in the above code from 1594, 852, 68356, 68353 to your own post ID’s.

If you want to exclude older posts from your search results, you can using pre_get_posts.

The following code uses the date_query from WP_Query.

Only returns results after the 1/1/2013 using the WordPress search function.

add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'search_filter' );
function search_filter($query) {

if ( ! is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
    if ($query->is_search) {

$query->set( 'date_query', 
    [    [
    'after'     => 'January 1st, 2013',
    'inclusive' => true,
    ]    ] 
    );
    }
  }
}

The code works with the WordPress search function and search widget included in all WordPress installations.

In this tutorial. i’ll provide the code i tested which excludes the latest published post from your home page loop.

Simply copy this PHP from the view raw link in the Gist and paste it at the end of your child themes functions.php file using a code editor.

The code above simply removes your most recent published post from the home page loop and can also be easily modified to offset any number of posts from the posts page you select in your Reading settings.

The home page loop may also be called your posts page or blog page.

When you publish a new post, it will be removed from the loop until you publish another post.

Similar Tutorials & Code Snippets

• 3 Ways To Remove or Exclude Posts From Your Home Page Loop

There’s at least 3 ways you can exclude one or more single posts from your home or posts page depending on your Reading Settings.

1. You can use CSS code
2. You can use PHP code
3. You can use a plugin

CSS Code

The easiest way to remove a specific post from your home page is to use CSS code in your child themes srtyle.css file.

.home .post-37401 {
display: none;
}

Simply grab the post i.d from your source code and replace it in the code above.

PHP Code

Another method is to use the posts i.d’s in a custom function in your child themes functions.php file:

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'wpsites_remove_posts_from_home_page' );
function wpsites_remove_posts_from_home_page( $query ) {

    if( $query->is_main_query() && $query->is_home() ) {
        $query->set( 'post__not_in', array( 37401, 37403 ) );
    }
}

Simply replace the post i.d’s in the code above with your own.

Plugin

If you looking for a non coding option, there’s several plugins which get the job done, one of which is Simple Exclude.

Related Solutions

• 5 Ways To Exclude Posts In Specific Categories From Displaying
• Exclude Latest Post From WordPress Home Page Loop