Can I Limit the Categories?

Hello,

>to use the Show Categories dropdown, but have it limited to Used and New

There is a modification for it:
Limit categories in the drop-down
http://hottons.com/ymm_modifications_other

ALTERNATIVE 1: ————————————————————–

Try to replace this code:

      if (!is_product_category() || count($values) > 0){//filter category page only when values selected
        $wp_query->query_vars['post__in'] = count($pIds) > 0 ? $pIds : array(-1); // -1 to display a "no products found" message
      }

with:

        if (!is_product_category() || count($values) > 0){//filter category page only when values selected
        $wp_query->query_vars['post__in'] = count($pIds) > 0 ? $pIds : array(-1); // -1 to display a "no products found" message
        
        $wp_query->query_vars['tax_query'] = array( array(
                 'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
                 'field' => 'slug',
                 'terms' => array( 'courses' ),
                 'operator' => 'NOT IN'
              ));        
      }

in the file:
wp-content/plugins/ymm-search/Controller/Product.php

Replace ‘courses’ with the slug of your category.

I have found it here:
https://www.businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-exclude-category-from-search/

ALTERNATIVE 2 (I have not checked it) ————————————–

To exclude wordpress category:

function SearchFilter($query) {
    if ($query->is_search) {
        $query->set('cat','-5');
    }
    return $query;
}
 
add_filter('pre_get_posts','SearchFilter');

Replace -5 with the number ID of your category.

https://cullenwebservices.com/exclude-category-from-wordpress-search/

Stanislav

Thanks for this. It might work my client. It would be better if it was per filter (via the shortcode or something) as opposed to globally)