I want to add a filter to get_categories function.
I tried this:
function wpr_cat_filter($args) {
$args['include'] = '37';
return $args;
}
add_filter('get_categories','wpr_cat_filter');
but it doesn't seem to be working. Any ides of what is wrong?
The filter doesn't actually seems to be applied.
If you check the "get_categories" function (in wp-includes/category.php), there's no "get_categories" filter applied:
function &get_categories( $args = '' ) {
$defaults = array( 'taxonomy' => 'category' );
$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
$taxonomy = apply_filters( 'get_categories_taxonomy', $args['taxonomy'], $args );
// Back compat
if ( isset($args['type']) && 'link' == $args['type'] ) {
_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.0', '' );
$taxonomy = $args['taxonomy'] = 'link_category';
}
$categories = (array) get_terms( $taxonomy, $args );
foreach ( array_keys( $categories ) as $k )
_make_cat_compat( $categories[$k] );
return $categories;
}
Also, if you check the source:
wordpress$ grep -Ri "apply_filters" * | grep get_categories
wp-includes/default-widgets.php: wp_dropdown_categories(apply_filters('widget_categories_dropdown_args', $cat_args));
wp-includes/default-widgets.php: wp_list_categories(apply_filters('widget_categories_args', $cat_args));
wp-includes/category.php: $taxonomy = apply_filters( 'get_categories_taxonomy', $args['taxonomy'], $args );
Perhaps it is just a placeholder for a filter that you can add yourself or might be added later.
If you want that filter, change the get_category
function:
function &get_categories( $args = '' ) {
$defaults = array( 'taxonomy' => 'category' );
$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
$args = apply_filters( 'get_categories', $args );
$taxonomy = apply_filters( 'get_categories_taxonomy', $args['taxonomy'], $args );
// Back compat
if ( isset($args['type']) && 'link' == $args['type'] ) {
_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.0', '' );
$taxonomy = $args['taxonomy'] = 'link_category';
}
$categories = (array) get_terms( $taxonomy, $args );
foreach ( array_keys( $categories ) as $k )
_make_cat_compat( $categories[$k] );
return $categories;
}
You might want to file a bug with wordpress or ask on their mailing list to find out why this filter isn't being applied!