Exclude page from search results

[CodeGreer]

Is there a way to remove certain pages from search results?

[captivation]

Hi There!

You have two options that I could find. One is the below php code snippet. You would replace the id’s with the page (or post) ids that you wish to remove from search.

function remove_pages_from_search($query) {
  if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
    if ($query->is_search) {
      $query->set('post__not_in', array(3031,2958,2926));
    }
  }
}

add_action('pre_get_posts','remove_pages_from_search');

Or you could use the following plugin (it is paid).
Search WP

I hope that helps!

[CodeGreer]

Thanks @captivation! I wasn’t able to get the snippet to work for some reason, but I did find another plugin that’s free. This one works perfectly!

Search Exclude

@captivation

function remove_pages_from_search($query) {
  if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
    if ($query->is_search) {
      $query->set('post__not_in', array(3031,2958,2926));
    }
  }
}

add_action('pre_get_posts','remove_pages_from_search');

[Beardmancer]

For anyone still finding this post, there’s one simpler solution that may work depending on the complexity of your search template(s): I excluded a single page within the Query on my Search template and that had the desired effect.

[Allucinante]

If you happen to use The SEO Framework, there’s a setting for that on the meta box for each post: