blacklist/exclude certain page paths from results (for Google Analytics Top Content Widget)

gtc-path-blacklist.php

<?php

function gtc_pages_filter_manually_remove_items( $pages ) {

	$page_paths_to_exclude = array(
		'/category/category-slug',
		'/category/2nd-category-slug',
	);

	foreach ( $pages as $index => $page ) {
		if ( in_array( $page['path'], $page_paths_to_exclude, true ) ) {
			unset( $pages[ $index ] );
		}
	}

	return $pages;
}

add_filter( 'gtc_pages_filter', 'gtc_pages_filter_manually_remove_items' );