[Resolved] [wpv-control] drop down not behaving as expected

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[lolaz]

I am trying to: implement a parametric search by category and exclude specific categories from the dropdown. I am using [wpv-control url_param="wpv-category" type="select" values="0,our-news,press-releases,in-the-news,policy-news" display_values="All categories,Our News,Press releases,In the media,Policy news"] but the results are not updaying when the values are changed in the filter.

Link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link

I expected to see:

Instead, I got:

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - I need to check why its not filtering the view's output items and for that I need temporary access details.

*** Please make a FULL BACKUP of your database and website.***
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I would additionally need your permission to de- and re-activate Plugins and the Theme, and to change configurations on the site. This is also a reason the backup is really important. If you agree to this, please use the form fields I have enabled below to provide temporary access details (wp-admin and FTP).

I have set the next reply to private which means only you and I have access to it.

[Minesh]

Well - I've changed your view's taxonomy filter as given under:

Select posts with taxonomy:
Categories slug in one of those set by the URL parameter wpv-category
eg. <em><u>hidden link</u></em>

And I can see the filter is applied.

Do you want to filter your view before it display the default results to these 4 taxonomy terms you added as filter select box?

[lolaz]

yes thats correct. I would like to apply filters (exclude some categories from the query) and then filter those results by the 4 taxonomy terms

[Minesh]

You can use view's filter - wpv_filter_query in order to modify view's query on fly.

More info:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views-filters/#wpv_filter_query

I see in your functions.php file there is already code added for such thing but it's commented out:

/*
add_filter( 'wpv_filter_query', 'tax_filter_default_func', 1, 3 );
function tax_filter_default_func( $query, $settings, $views_id ) {
     
    if($views_id != 18218 || !isset($_GET['wpv-category'][0])) return $query;
    if(empty($_GET['wpv-category'][0])){
        unset($_GET['wpv-category']);
    }
    return $query;
}
*/

You should use above hook and check if view's loads first time by checking any of URL param.

If you do not know how to do it, let me know, I'm happy to fix it for you.

[lolaz]

HI Minesh,

i added the code in functions.php to display all content if the category is not set. If you could help me with modifying that query it would be great.

[Minesh]

Well - that will be kind of another question, how to prefilter view results before we display the view. Could you please kindly open a new ticket with this question. You can assign it to me as well.

This will help other users searching on the forum. Thank you for understanding.

[lolaz]

Thanks i will open a new ticket