Is there a way to exclude knowledge base articles from the search?

[JamiePipeTen]

Hi all,

 

I'm just wondering if anyone has a way to exclude certain articles from the knowledgebase search function?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

J

[jerect]

hi!. I think you need to hide the category from the clients.

 

let me know if that works please.

[JamiePipeTen]

Hi Jerect,

 

Thanks, but I don't wish to hide the whole category, just certain posts from the search results.

 

Thanks

[sentq]

this will hide articles from displaying knowledgebase search but not in suggestions.

 

create new PHP file in /includes/hooks/ directory and put the following code in it

 

<?php


add_hook("ClientAreaPage", 1, function($vars){

   if ($vars['filename']!="knowledgebase" || $_REQUEST['action']!="search"){
       return;
   }

   # Article IDs to exclude, separate by comma
   $articlesToExclude = array(1,4);

   foreach ($vars['kbarticles'] as $index => $article){
       if (in_array($article['id'], $articlesToExclude)){
           unset($vars['kbarticles'][$index]);
       }
   }

   return array("kbarticles" => $vars['kbarticles']);
});

[JamiePipeTen]

Hi sentq.

 

Great, thank you. Will give that a go and report back!

 

J

[JamiePipeTen]

Hi,

 

Sorry to update this late, but it worked great using the default theme! Thanks again sentq.