Hello @ankurkinex
To exclude products with specific attribute values from the category and search collections in Magento 2, you can use an observer to modify the product collection query.
Create a Custom Module
Define the Event Observers
Create app/code/YourVendor/ExcludeAttribute/etc/frontend/events.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Event/etc/events.xsd">
<event name="catalog_product_collection_load_before">
<observer name="exclude_attribute_products_from_collection" instance="YourVendor\ExcludeAttribute\Observer\ExcludeAttributeProducts" />
</event>
<event name="catalogsearch_product_collection_load_before">
<observer name="exclude_attribute_products_from_search_collection" instance="YourVendor\ExcludeAttribute\Observer\ExcludeAttributeProducts" />
</event>
</config>Create the Observer
Create app/code/YourVendor/ExcludeAttribute/Observer/ExcludeAttributeProducts.php:
<?php
namespace YourVendor\ExcludeAttribute\Observer;
use Magento\Framework\Event\ObserverInterface;
use Magento\Framework\Event\Observer;
class ExcludeAttributeProducts implements ObserverInterface
{
protected $logger;
public function __construct(
\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger
) {
$this->logger = $logger;
}
public function execute(Observer $observer)
{
$collection = $observer->getEvent()->getCollection();
// Assuming the attribute code is 'exclude_from_category_search'
$attributeCode = 'exclude_from_category_search';
$valueToExclude = 1; // Assuming 1 means the product should be excluded
$collection->addAttributeToFilter($attributeCode, ['neq' => $valueToExclude]);
// For debugging
// $this->logger->info('ExcludeAttributeProducts observer executed');
}
}Run the Magento Standard Command
Customization:
Replace 'exclude_from_category_search' with the actual attribute code you want to use for exclusion.
Modify $valueToExclude to the value that indicates the product should be excluded (e.g., 1).
Hope it helps !
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