Show featured listings on the first page only

[arielkbs]

I was reading the following thread:

All Featured Listings Repeated in each category Page

Scenario: I’ve 10 featured listings in Category A When visitors go to category A In first page they see 10 featured listings, and after that they see 8 normal listings. It’s OK But the issue and bug is in next page. When visitor click on next page (page 2) they see the same previous 10 featured listings again in page 2 but the next 8 normal listings are changing here. This is a Bug that bothering visitors on each page on same category, they see repeated 10 featured listings in all pages of…

ihor i believe you didn’t understand his question, what he meant is that the highlight should only be on page 1, and not be repeated on the next pages, google works like this. Is there any code to make this change?

[yevhen]

Please try this PHP snippet

add_filter(
	'hivepress/v1/templates/listings_view_page/blocks',
	function($blocks, $template){
		$page_number = hivepress()->request->get_context('page_number');
		
		if(!$page_number || $page_number <= 1){
			return $blocks;
		}
		
		$featured_ids = hivepress()->request->get_context('featured_ids');
		
		if(!$featured_ids){
			return $blocks;
		}
		
		hivepress()->request->set_context('featured_ids', []);
		
		return $blocks;
	},
	1000,
	2
);

[arielkbs]

Yevhen nothing changed after implementing the code. I expected all the featured listings to appear on page 1

[yevhen]

Unfortunately, there is no simple solution, it requires code customizations, if you’re familiar with customizations please try using the pre_get_posts WordPress action pre_get_posts | Hook | WordPress Developer Resources. If you are not familiar with the code customization then please consider hiring someone for custom work https://fvrr.co/32e7LvY

[sd428]

This is a problem, especially for sites with plenty of featured listings. It gives no incentive for users to list OR buy non-featured services. I hope in the future this will be offered as an option without the need to pay extra for freelance work on premium template like experthive.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION:
Change the number of displayed services/listings per page so they all appear on one page. For example if you expect to have 87 listings, change the display number to 100. That way when user scrolls it has a chance to hit non-featured listings/services.

[ihor]

Yes, you can also try to reduce the number of slots, e.g. if you set 2 slots for featured listings and there are more than 2 featured listings then there’s a higher chance they’ll be different on each page, featured listings have random order.