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Hi there,
I need to exclude a very large number of pages from the search results. Is there any possible way of excluding all pages whose titles contain certain strings/words in one query e.g. Exclude pages that include ‘Phrase 1’ OR ‘Phrase 2’ OR ‘Phrase 3’? Currently I have to search each phrase individually, select all, and then search for the next phrase. This is taking a lot of time and will have to be continuously updated over time as new pages are created with these phrases.
The second issue I’m running into is that after a certain point, I cannot select any more pages to exclude. After I click save, any additional pages are deselected from the excluded pages dropdown. Is there a max number of pages that can be excluded?
Many thanks for your help.
I hope you are well today and thank you for your questions.
I need to exclude a very large number of pages from the search results. Is there any possible way of excluding all pages whose titles contain certain strings/words in one query e.g. Exclude pages that include ‘Phrase 1’ OR ‘Phrase 2’ OR ‘Phrase 3’? Currently I have to search each phrase individually, select all, and then search for the next phrase. This is taking a lot of time and will have to be continuously updated over time as new pages are created with these phrases.
You can add a custom field to the pages and exclude it in the search form as shown in the attached screenshots that will exclude those pages.
The second issue I’m running into is that after a certain point, I cannot select any more pages to exclude. After I click save, any additional pages are deselected from the excluded pages dropdown. Is there a max number of pages that can be excluded?
No, there is no limit on the number of pages.
Could you please share the screenshots of the issue so that I can troubleshoot it?
Best regards,
Ivory Search SupportIn your note about adding a field to help with the exclusion of batch pages:
You can add a custom field to the pages and exclude it in the search form as shown in the attached screenshots that will exclude those pages.
Would you be able to elaborate on what is required to set this field up (if in your plugin – we could not see the area to do this), or any documentation or direction to move this solution forward?
We are currently looking into getting the screenshot for the “limit” issue for you.
Thanks for your further assistance.
You can create a custom field in WordPress as described below and then you can exclude it in the plugin setting as displayed in my earlier reply.
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