{"id":2659,"date":"2021-05-20T05:11:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T05:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2021-06-06T13:38:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T13:38:52","slug":"limit-or-exclude-categories-or-taxonomies-in-buddyblog-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/buddyblog-pro\/limit-or-exclude-categories-or-taxonomies-in-buddyblog-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"How to limit or exclude categories or taxonomies in BuddyBlog Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post will guide you on how to limit or exclude categories or custom taxonomies terms from the BuddyBlog Pro posting forms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisite:<\/strong> For this documentation, you should know how to configure taxonomies in BuddyBlog Pro posting forms. For more info check <a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/buddyblog-pro\/how-to-configure-taxonomies-in-buddyblog-pro-posting-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to configure taxonomies in BuddyBlog Pro posting forms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Limit to Categories\/Taxonomy:-<\/strong> You can use this option to limit specific terms that will be shown in the posting form in which a user can post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excluded Categories\/Taxonomy:-<\/strong> You can use this option to exclude specific terms from the posting form. These terms will not be shown in the posting form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Default Term:-<\/strong> You can use this option to set a default term if the user does not select any.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:- If categories or custom taxonomies terms are not showing. Please make sure you have created terms for the taxonomy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a screenshot for admin settings options:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2659 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/category.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/category-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2733\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2733'>\n\t\t\t\tCategories\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/taxonomy.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/taxonomy-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2735\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2735'>\n\t\t\t\tTags\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/term.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/term-150x118.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2734\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2734'>\n\t\t\t\tDefault Term\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a screenshot for the frontend:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2736\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-21-at-11.41.54-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2736\" class=\"wp-image-2736 size-medium\" title=\"How to limit or exclude categories or taxonomies in BuddyBlog Pro\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-21-at-11.41.54-AM-300x87.png\" alt=\"How to limit or exclude categories or taxonomies in BuddyBlog Pro\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-21-at-11.41.54-AM-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-21-at-11.41.54-AM-768x223.png 768w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-21-at-11.41.54-AM-480x140.png 480w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-21-at-11.41.54-AM.png 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frontend View<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the future, we are working to provide your multiple views for the taxonomy terms and also let you control if you want your users to be able to create new terms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/buddyblog-pro\/configuring-post-fields-in-buddyblog-pro-post-form\/\">Configuring Post fields in the BuddyBlog Post form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post will guide you on how to limit or exclude categories or custom taxonomies terms from the BuddyBlog Pro posting forms. 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