Customizing the BuddyPress blog loop

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1. Currently the bp_has_blogs() loop does not allow an exclude param to remove certain blogs from the listing. By default all public blogs are listed. You can try a simple hack (but the pagination will be off) http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/excluding-certain-blogs-from-bp_has_blogs-function-for-12/

   Or you can filter on bp_has_blogs and loop over the array and unset (+ recount) prior to being displayed in the theme. While not ideal, pagination would be correct.

   pseudo code for a filter: (though untested as i do run ms+bp setup – have a look at the source code file bp-blogs/bp-blogs-templatetags.php and the class BP_Blogs_Template for further info)

   function my_remove_blog_from_loop( $b, $blogs ) {
   
   foreach ( $blogs->the_blogs as $key => $blog ) {
   
       if ( $blog->blog_id == SOME_BLOG_ID_HERE ) {
   
           unset( $blogs->the_blogs[$key] );
   
           $blogs->blog_count = $blogs->blog_count-1;
           $blogs->total_blog_count = $blogs->total_blog_count-1;
           $blogs->pag_num = $blogs->pag_num -1;
       }
   }
   
   /* Renumber the array keys to account for missing items */
   $blogs_new = array_values( $blogs->blogs );
   $blogs->blogs = $blogs_new;
   
   return $blogs;
   }
   add_action('bp_has_blogs','my_remove_blog_from_loop', 10, 2 );
   

   replace SOME_BLOG_ID_HERE which whatever numerical blog_id

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2. Similar method works to exclude members:

   function custom_remove_members( $m, $members ) {
   
     foreach ( $members->members as $key => $member ) {
   
         if ( $member->id == 1 ) {
   
             unset( $members->members[$key] );
   
             $members->member_count = $members->member_count-1;
             $members->total_member_count = $members->total_member_count-1;
             $members->pag_num = $members->pag_num-1;
         }
     }
   
     /* Renumber the array keys to account for missing items */
     $members_new = array_values( $members->members );
     $members->members = $members_new;
   
     return $members;
   
   }
   
   add_action('bp_has_members','custom_remove_members', 10, 2 );
   

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