bs-slider exclude category?

[eberlyjm]

Hello, thanks for the theme and plugin. I am using [bs-swiper-card-product] and would like to always exclude a certain WooCommerce category. It doesn't look like "exclude-category" is one of the options. Do you have a suggestion for how to go about achieving that?

[crftwrk]

Hello,

you cannot exclude categories in the shortcode, you can only select categories you want to show https://bootscore.me/documentation/bs-swiper/#woocommerce-products.

For example, [bs-swiper-card-product] shows all products while [bs-swiper-card-product category="cars, boats"] shows only products from categories cars and boats.

In conclusion, you have to include and not exclude categories.

Does this help?

[eberlyjm]

Thanks for your reply. I'm aware that you can specify one or more categories. I was hoping there was a way to exclude a category, but it sounds like that is not possible. I'll have to come up with some other solution. Thanks.

[antforager]

@eberlyjm If you override the product template in your child theme, you can make the changes to exclude categories. I made a folder called bs-swiper-main in my child theme and I added a file called sc-swiper-card-product.php

With a few small changes to this file, we have this:

<?php

/*
 *
 * Product slider template with exclude category functionality.
 *
 * This template extends the original bootscore bs-swiper template to add
 * exclude_category parameter support for filtering out specific product categories.
 *
 * Installation:
 * Copy this file to: your-child-theme/bs-swiper-main/sc-swiper-card-product.php
 *
 * @author   Bootscore (original)
 * @modified Custom extension for exclude_category functionality
 * @package  bs Swiper
 * @version  5.8.11+
 *
 * Product Slider Shortcode
 * [bs-swiper-card-product]
 *
 * Optional:
 * order="DESC"              Specify if products will be ordered ASC or DESC (Default: DESC)
 * orderby="date"            Specify how products will be ordered by         (Default: date)
 * posts="12"                Specify how many products will be shown         (Default: -1)
 * showhidden="true"         Shows products hidden from catalog              (Default: false)
 * id="1, 2, 3"              Will show products matching these ids           (Default: '')
 * category="cars, boats"    Will pull products matching these categories    (Default: '')
 * exclude_category="bikes"  Will exclude products from these categories     (Default: '') [NEW]
 * brand="brand1, brand2"    Will pull products matching these brands        (Default: '')
 * featured="true"           Will pull featured products                     (Default: '')
 * outofstock="true"         Will show out of stock products                 (Default: '')
 * onsale="true"             Will show only onsale products                  (Default: '')
 *
 * Usage Examples:
 * [bs-swiper-card-product exclude_category="boats"]
 * [bs-swiper-card-product exclude_category="boats,planes,cars"]
 * [bs-swiper-card-product category="vehicles" exclude_category="boats"]
 *
*/


// Exit if accessed directly
defined('ABSPATH') || exit;


// Product Slider Shortcode
add_shortcode('bs-swiper-card-product', 'bootscore_product_slider');
function bootscore_product_slider($atts) {

  ob_start();
  $atts = shortcode_atts(array(
    'type'        => 'product',
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'order'       => 'DESC',
    'orderby'     => 'date',
    'posts'       => -1,
    'showhidden'  => false,
    'id'          => '',
    'category'    => '',
    'exclude_category' => '',
    'brand'       => '',
    'featured'    => '',
    'outofstock'  => '',
    'onsale'      => '',
  ), $atts);

  $options = array(
    'order'          => sanitize_text_field($atts['order']),
    'orderby'        => sanitize_text_field($atts['orderby']),
    'posts_per_page' => is_numeric($atts['posts']) ? (int) $atts['posts'] : -1,
    'product_cat'    => sanitize_text_field($atts['category']),
    'post_type'      => sanitize_text_field($atts['type']),
  );

  if ($atts['showhidden'] != 'true') {
    $options['tax_query'][] = array(
      'taxonomy' => 'product_visibility',
      'field'    => 'slug',
      'terms'    => 'exclude-from-catalog',
      'operator' => 'NOT IN',
    );
  }

  if ($atts['id']) {
    $options['post__in'] = array_map('trim', explode(',', sanitize_text_field($atts['id'])));
  }

  if ($atts['brand']) {
    $options['tax_query'][] = array(
      'taxonomy' => 'brand',
      'field'    => 'slug',
      'terms'    => array_map('trim', explode(',', sanitize_text_field($atts['brand']))),
    );
  }

  if ($atts['exclude_category']) {
    $options['tax_query'][] = array(
      'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
      'field'    => 'slug',
      'terms'    => array_map('trim', explode(',', sanitize_text_field($atts['exclude_category']))),
      'operator' => 'NOT IN',
    );
  }

  if ($atts['featured'] == 'true') {
    $options['tax_query'][] = array(
      'taxonomy' => 'product_visibility',
      'field'    => 'slug',
      'terms'    => 'featured',
      'operator' => 'IN',
    );
  }

  if ($atts['outofstock'] != 'true') {
    $options['meta_query'] = array(
      array(
        'key' => '_stock_status',
        'value' => 'instock',
        'compare' => '=',
      )
    );
  }

  // On-sale filter (use WooCommerce helper instead of meta_query)
  if ($atts['onsale'] == 'true') {
    $onsale_ids = wc_get_product_ids_on_sale();
    $options['post__in'] = !empty($options['post__in'])
      ? array_intersect($options['post__in'], $onsale_ids)
      : $onsale_ids;
  }

  $query = new WP_Query($options);
  if ($query->have_posts()) { ?>


    <!-- Swiper -->
    <div class="px-5 position-relative product-slider woocommerce">

      <div class="cards swiper-container swiper position-static">

        <div class="swiper-wrapper">

          <?php while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); ?>

            <div <?php wc_product_class('swiper-slide card h-auto mb-5 d-flex text-center product-card'); ?>>
              <?php
              /**
               * Hook: woocommerce_before_shop_loop_item.
               *
               * @hooked woocommerce_template_loop_product_link_open - 10
               */
              do_action('woocommerce_before_shop_loop_item');

              /**
               * Hook: woocommerce_before_shop_loop_item_title.
               *
               * @hooked woocommerce_show_product_loop_sale_flash - 10
               * @hooked woocommerce_template_loop_product_thumbnail - 10
               */
              do_action('woocommerce_before_shop_loop_item_title');

              ?>
              <div class="card-body d-flex flex-column">
                <?php
                /**
                 * Hook: woocommerce_shop_loop_item_title.
                 *
                 * @hooked woocommerce_template_loop_product_title - 10
                 */
                do_action('woocommerce_shop_loop_item_title');

                /**
                 * Hook: woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title.
                 *
                 * @hooked woocommerce_template_loop_rating - 5
                 * @hooked woocommerce_template_loop_price - 10
                 */
                do_action('woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title');

                /**
                 * Hook: woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item.
                 *
                 * @hooked woocommerce_template_loop_product_link_close - 5
                 * @hooked woocommerce_template_loop_add_to_cart - 10
                 */
                do_action('woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item');
                ?>
              </div>
            </div>

          <?php endwhile;
          wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

        </div> <!-- .swiper-wrapper -->

        <!-- Add Pagination -->
        <div class="swiper-pagination"></div>
        <!-- Add Arrows -->
        <div class="swiper-button-next end-0"></div>
        <div class="swiper-button-prev start-0"></div>

      </div><!-- swiper-container -->


    </div><!-- px-5 position-relative mb-5 -->
    <!-- Swiper End -->

<?php $myvariable = ob_get_clean();
    return $myvariable;
  }
}

[eberlyjm]

Thanks @antmama. This is exactly what I was looking for. I'll give it a try.