post_object/query exclude page (4.4.11)

• Ian

• December 22, 2016 at 8:27 pm

I’m trying to exclude a ‘page’ via post_object/query with the following filter but although any ‘post’ or ‘custom post type’ can be excluded from the dropdown list, I can not exclude any ‘pages’ via their IDs.

add_filter(‘acf/fields/post_object/query’, ‘my_post_object_query’, 10, 3);
function my_post_object_query( $args, $field, $post_id ) {

$args[‘post__not_in’] = array( 575 ); // 575 is id of page to exclude

return $args;

}

Is it possible to exclude a ‘page’ and if so, please can you help?

Thanks.

• James

• December 23, 2016 at 2:18 pm

Hi @ianhempsell

I’ve just tested the code on my installation and it’s working great. Maybe there’s something on your site that modifies the query. Could you please try to reproduce the issue on one of the WordPress’ stock themes (like Twenty Sixteen) with other plugins deactivated? If it disappears, then you can activate the theme and plugins one by one to see which one causes the issue.

Thanks 🙂

• Ian

• December 23, 2016 at 9:08 pm

Hi James,
Thanks for the quick response. However, I have created a brand new installation of Twentyseventeen and tested with the default post and page with no other plugins installed and I get the same issue.

In this situation, I have added a Field Group to POSTS with a single Post Object field:

In my functions file, I have the following filter to exclude the Sample Page with an ID of 2:

But when I select the Field on a post, you can see that the Sample Page is still available for selection:

What am I doing wrong?

Appreciate your help and have a great Christmas ;o)

• James

• December 27, 2016 at 1:07 pm

Hi @ianhempsell

For the pages, you should use the “exclude” option instead. So it should be like this:

add_filter('acf/fields/post_object/query', 'my_post_object_query', 10, 3);
function my_post_object_query( $args, $field, $post_id ) {

    $args['exclude'] = "2,99"; // 2 and 99 are IDs of pages to exclude

    return $args;

}

I hope this helps 🙂

• Ian

• January 5, 2017 at 8:06 pm

Thanks for the help James, ‘exclude’ has resolved my issue.