Problem excluding category from get_next_post in WordPress

I have a custom post type called “exhibitions” that uses the native “category” taxonomy. I have three categories: Current, Past, and Featured. Posts get marked either Current or Past and some are also marked as Featured.

I want my next/prev links on single pages to exclude the ‘featured’ category (tag_ID=21) so that my current and past posts don’t cross over when users are using post navigation, but I can’t seem to get this to happen. I have tried:

get_next_post(true,'21'), get_next_post(false,'21') and pretty much every other permutation of arguments, but my Past/Featured posts continue to show up adjacent to my Current/Featured posts in the post navigation.

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Did you try with: get_adjacent_post ?

get_adjacent_post(false, 'YourID', false);

wp topic: get_adjacent_posts-exclude-category-syntax

The 2nd parameter enables you to exclude category I.D’s

 $excluded_categories
(string) (optional) Excluded categories IDs.

    Default: '' 

 <?php get_next_post( $in_same_cat, $excluded_categories ) ?>

Source https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_next_post

Same with get_adjacent_post()

 <?php get_adjacent_post( $in_same_cat, $excluded_categories, $previous ) ?>

In Word.ress 3.9 (and still in 3.9.1) there’s a bug concerning the excluded terms in get_adjacent_post(). There’s a plugin to fix that bug.

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