[Resolved] Exculde one category from search se;ect menu

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[Jeff Coen]

I am trying to: Exclude one of my category taxonomies from a dropdown select menu

I visited this URL: hidden link

I expected to see: When I get to the Our Produce area, I select my drop down menu and I should not see the category 'Sponsors'.

Instead, I got: The category 'Sponsors' still appears.

[Luo Yang]

Dear Jeff,

I assume the dropdown menu "Search by Category" is outputted from Views shortcode [wpv-control], please check the document:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-control
There isn't such an option to exclude a specific term from the taxonomy filter, so there isn't such a built-in feature within Views plugin, if you agree, we can take it as a feature request, our developers will evaluate it.

[Jeff Coen]

Yes, it definitely needs to be a feature request! We don't that one link in the menu! It should not be seen!

[ioannisM-2]

I vote for this feature too! I need a couple of categories to be hidden and I would like to exclude them from parametric search. That would be a very usefull feature!!

[Minesh Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Kolkata (GMT+05:30)]

Luo is on vacation and this is Minesh here and I'll try to help you further and take care of this ticket. Hope this is OK.

Well - there is no native feature available to exclude a taxonomy term from taxonomy dropdown filter BUT I have a workaround to offer you.

You can use JQuery/javascript to remove the unwanted taxonomy term from your taxonomy select box. Please try to add following code to your view's Filter section JS box:

jQuery(document).ready(function($){
    
// list of all unwanted category options values as comma separated
var arr = ['sponsors'];
    
  $('.js-wpv-filter-trigger option').each(function() {
    if(jQuery.inArray($(this).val() , arr ) != '-1'){
          $(this).remove();
    }
      
});
});

I hope above solution will help you to resolve your issue.

[Jeff Coen]

Thanks. That script worked wonders.