[Resolved] Exclude a taxonomy from a search

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[leilaG]

Hi, how do we exclude a specific taxonomy from showing in a filter/search?

[Nigel]

Hi Leila

Well the simplest solution would be to inspect the page source and then add a CSS rule to hide the term checkbox in question.

To avoid the checkbox being added to the page in the first place you would need to add some custom code (https://toolset.com/documentation/adding-custom-code/).

We don't have a Toolset API hook covering this, but you can use the standard WP get_terms filter, checking that you are on the right page (i.e. you'll need the ID of the page—or pages—where this View is inserted), and you'll also need the slugs of the terms you want to exclude.

<?php
/**
 * Filter terms available in a Views taxonomy filter
 */
function tssupp_get_terms( $terms, $taxonomies, $args, $tax_query ){

	global $post;
	if ( in_array( $post->ID, array( 113 ) ) ) { // Edit page ID

		$exclude = array( 'active', 'complete' ); // Slugs of terms to exclude

		foreach ($terms as $key => $term) {

			if ( in_array( $term->slug, $exclude ) ) {

				unset( $terms[$key] );

			}
		}
	}	

	return $terms;
}
add_filter( 'get_terms', 'tssupp_get_terms', 10, 4 );

[leilaG]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!