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Exclude specific or an array of posts from WordPress search results without plugin

Ashley Cameron

Published: Sep 12, 2022

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/**
 * This function modifies the main WordPress query to remove
 * specific posts from search results.
 *
 * @param object $query The main WordPress query.
 */
function ac_exclude_post_from_search_results( $query ) {
    if ( $query->is_main_query() && $query->is_search() && ! is_admin() ) {
       set_query_var('post__not_in', array( 1,2,3 ) ); //change numbers in array
    }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'ac_exclude_post_from_search_results' );

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