Excluding post or category from random post widget

[hooko22]

Hey there guys.

Ok thing is I really suck at php and I'm trying to exlude a post, or possible a category, either one would work, from a random post widget I have.

If you check out the site you can see the widget on the right side (random paranormal movies) is displaying my sticky welcome message at the top.

I know the category id and post id and have tried a few things to no avail.

Anyway any help would sure be welcome:

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: Simple Random Posts Widget

Plugin URI: http://infobak.nl/si...for-wordpress//

Version: 1.26

Description: Widget which displays random posts

Author: Jan Meeuwesen

Author URI: http://infobak.nl/si...-for-wordpress/

License: GPLv2

Copyright 2012 Jan Meeuwesen

*/

define("DefNoOfPosts", "5"); // default number of random posts to display

class SimpleRandomPostsWidget extends WP_Widget {

function SimpleRandomPostsWidget()

{

parent::WP_Widget( false, 'Simple Random Posts', array('description' => 'Random posts widget') );

}

function widget($args, $instance)

{

global $NewSimpleRandomPosts;

$title = empty( $instance['title'] ) ? 'Simple Random Posts' : $instance['title'];

echo $args['before_widget'];

echo $args['before_title'] . $title . $args['after_title'];

echo $NewSimpleRandomPosts->GetSimpleRandomPosts( empty( $instance['ShowPosts'] ) ? DefNoOfPosts : $instance['ShowPosts'] );

echo $args['after_widget'];

}

function update($new_instance)

{

return $new_instance;

}

function form($instance)

{

?>

<p>

<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php echo 'Title:'; ?></label>

<input type="text" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr($instance['title']); ?>" />

</p>

<p>

<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('ShowPosts'); ?>"><?php echo 'Number of entries:'; ?></label>

<input type="text" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('ShowPosts'); ?>" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('ShowPosts'); ?>" value="<?php if ( empty( $instance['ShowPosts'] ) ) { echo esc_attr(DefNoOfPosts); } else { echo esc_attr($instance['ShowPosts']); } ?>" size="3" />

</p>

<?php

}

}

class SimpleRandomPosts {

function GetSimpleRandomPosts($noofposts)

{

rewind_posts();

query_posts('orderby=rand&showposts='.$noofposts);

if (have_posts()) :

echo '<ul>';

while (have_posts()) : the_post();

echo '<div id="post-'.get_the_ID().'"><li><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.get_the_title().'</a></li></div>';

endwhile;

echo '</ul>';

endif;

wp_reset_query();

}

}

$NewSimpleRandomPosts = new SimpleRandomPosts();

function SimpleRandomPosts_widgets_init()

{

register_widget('SimpleRandomPostsWidget');

}

add_action('widgets_init', 'SimpleRandomPosts_widgets_init');

?>

[Mr.XXIV]

Use the minus "-" sign when assigning ID's in the WP_Query array.

[hooko22]

Use the minus "-" sign when assigning ID's in the WP_Query array.

Hey there and thanks alot for the reply. I already tried that but could you show me how you would write it, I fear I might have gotten it wrong.

[hooko22]

Use the minus "-" sign when assigning ID's in the WP_Query array.

Can you please at least tell me where I can find the query array. Sorry not saying I don't appreaciate the help.

[Mr.XXIV]

Example

<?php $query = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'post__not_in' => array( 2, 5, 12, 14, 20 ) ) ); ?>

Those ID's in the array of "post__not_in" are what can be generally excluded.

All of your custom querying options are on this page in the WordPress Codex.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

[hooko22]

Example

<?php $query = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'post__not_in' => array( 2, 5, 12, 14, 20 ) ) ); ?>

Those ID's in the array of "post__not_in" are what can be generally excluded.

All of your custom querying options are on this page in the WordPress Codex.

http://codex.wordpre...erence/WP_Query

Thanks again mate for the help.

What is confusing me though is that does the plugin which the original code is from write into the query file? Do I have to go into the query.php file and make the changes in there or can i make them in the original plugin file?

Sorry man you got me a little lost here. Coding has never been my strong suit.

[Guth]

Thanks again mate for the help.

What is confusing me though is that does the plugin which the original code is from write into the query file? Do I have to go into the query.php file and make the changes in there or can i make them in the original plugin file?

Sorry man you got me a little lost here. Coding has never been my strong suit.

no the plugin is using wp_query (query.php)

just edit the code directly, edit the plugin.

Either from the files or admincp>plugins>edit

[hooko22]

no the plugin is using wp_query (query.php)

just edit the code directly, edit the plugin.

Either from the files or admincp>plugins>edit

The code I posted is from the plugin.

I also can't find any obvious place where I could stuff the exlude or that is the -.

You think I might have to include the line he mentioned before inside the code:

<?php $query = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'post__not_in' => array( 2, 5, 12, 14, 20 ) ) ); ?>

[threetonesun]

Replace:

query_posts('orderby=rand&showposts='.$noofposts);[/CODE]

with:

[CODE]query_posts(array('orderby' => 'rand', 'posts_per_page' => $noofposts, 'post_not_in' => array(2,5,12,14,20) ) );[/CODE]