Comments on: Limit Your WordPress RSS Feed To One Category

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:55:38 +0000

naturally the very first page I came to when I left here had the answer. No need to moderate this for my sake — the URL I found is here in case you care to share: http://web-kreation.com/all/4-ways-to-exclude-wordpress-category-from-rss-feeds/

Thanks again!

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:47:09 +0000

Hey this is just what I need thanks man! Except, I need it in reverse — I need to exclude one category and its children. I’ve been combing the documentation for over an hour and I can’t figure it out. Any suggestions?

By: Liam Dempsey

Liam Dempsey — Thu, 05 May 2011 08:44:35 +0000

Hey Will,

Cheers for the quickly posted reply. Much appreciated!

By: Will

Will — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:37:34 +0000

You can't directly pass in multiple category names. You'll have to pass in category IDs instead. This (untested!) code snippet should help:

function filterRSSQuery($query) {
	if ( $query->is_feed ) {
		$cats = array();
		$cats[] = get_cat_ID( 'Category 1' );
		$cats[] = get_cat_ID( 'Category 2' );
		$cats[] = get_cat_ID( 'Another Category' );
		$query->set('cat', $cats);
	}
	return $query;
}

By: Liam Dempsey

Liam Dempsey — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:16:59 +0000

Hi Will,

Thanks for the great bit of coding. Very helpful.

I wonder if you know how to tweak the code so that the RSS feed will include two categories rather than just one. I’ve tried a number of variations (including using an array), but I can’t seem to sort it out.

Any ideas or guidance would be really appreciated.

Many thanks!

By: Will

Will — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:50:20 +0000

Placement in the functions.php file is pretty flexible, but I usually try to place my newest changes at the beginning. The add_filter line should go after the function. Placing it directly after the function is the best idea because it makes it clear what’s going on.

By: Mike Edwards

Mike Edwards — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:29:40 +0000

Hey there

I was wondering where you would put this in the functions.php file and would the add filter line need to be right next to the query code you put?

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:56:45 +0000

Thanks for this! It works great!

By: Will

Will — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:09:29 +0000

You would most likely put this in your functions.php file for your theme, but you could also put it in a plugin file. It would work either way (though in my mind the functions.php file makes more sense).

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:01:47 +0000

Hi Will,

Can you elaborate on how and where to include this? What files?

Thanks,

Matt

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