exclude things in wordpress

exclude-things-pre-get-posts.php

<?php

/**
 * https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-exclude-specific-pages-authors-and-more-from-wordpress-search/
 */
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'exclude_things_from_query_bojan', 9999 );

function exclude_things_from_query_bojan( $query ) {
	if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {

		if ( $query->is_search ) {
			$query->set('cat','-7'); // exclude category 7 u searchu,..
		}

		// exclude category 7 svagdje (treba testirat)
		$query->set('cat','-7');

		// exclude category id 55
		$query->set('category__not_in',array(55));

		// exclude post ID 44
		$query->set('post__not_in',array(44)); 
		
	}
	return $query;
}