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Last updated by scarletW 4 years ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
I have some products that I will eventually have in which I intend to hide and password protect on my website. I saw the custom field for 'hidden' in the list of filters in WP Views, but I have no idea what to put in the variables to hide those hidden posts. I've attached a screenshot. What do I select and put to HIDE these hidden posts from showing up in WP Views (like the one on my main page: fantaproductions.com).
Thanks!
-Scarlet
I actually just selected it from the automatic fields listed. I didn't add a custom field. Do I need to add a custom field so I can hide hidden products in WP Views? I've attached the screenshot I think you were asking for.
If you didn't create the "hidden" field, then I wouldn't try to rely on it for determining which posts to hide. You should create your own field, like a radio button with two options. One option should be "show" (set as default) and the other option should be "hide". I'm attaching a screenshot here. Now when you create a post it will be set to "show" by default, or you can choose to hide it.
Then in your View's query filters, you will choose your new field as the filter source, as a "number" equal to the Constant "1". That is because we used the number 1 in the field options as the custom field content. Only those posts with the field set to "show" will be displayed in the results. You may have to resave existing posts so they have the correct saved value.
So, when I add this type of product, I am also password protecting it and hiding it from the general catalog. It does not show up in my normal products display because of this. However, when I do the steps you showed above and apply the filter, it still shows a placeholder for the product (see image).
Oh it turns out there is a simpler solution that I overlooked. I did a bit of digging and found out that there is a way to filter these password-protected posts from the View results by including a bit of custom code. Here is a code snippet for you to use:
function tssupp_no_password_protected_posts($query_args, $view_settings, $view_id)
{
$view_ids = array( 123, 456, 789 ); // Comma-separated list of View IDs you want to apply this filter to
if ( in_array($view_id, $view_ids) ) {
$query_args['has_password'] = false;
}
return $query_args;
}
add_filter('wpv_filter_query', 'tssupp_no_password_protected_posts', 99, 3);
You should update the code to replace 123, 456, 789 with a single View ID, or a comma-separated list of View IDs. Any View ID you add here will be adjusted so that no password-protected posts are displayed in the results. That's the only thing you should modify in this code. You can place the code in a child theme's functions.php file, or you can add it to the end of a new code snippet in Toolset > Settings > Custom Code. I have included a screenshot here showing a custom code snippet fully configured with this code, so you can see the snippet configurations. After you save the updated snippet, be sure to activate it. Then test out the View on the front-end of the site.
