Exclude Draft Post in related Post Wordpress - wordpress

Question

I am currently using a custom code for related post filtered by category that displays 4 related posts.
My code works fine except it also displays the draft posts. which ideally it should and is a bit frustrating. Here is my code for the related post.
<div class="relatedposts">
<?php
// get current post categories and tags
$categories = get_the_category($post->ID);
$tags = get_the_tags($post->ID);
if ($categories || $tags) {
$category_ids = array();
if($categories)
foreach($categories as $individual_category) $category_ids[] = $individual_category->term_id;
$tag_ids = array();
if($tags)
foreach($tags as $individual_tag) $tag_ids[] = $individual_tag->term_id;
$args=array(
'tax_query' => array(
'relation' => 'OR',
array(
'taxonomy' => 'category',
'field' => 'id',
'terms' => $category_ids
),
array(
'taxonomy' => 'post_tag',
'field' => 'id',
'terms' => $tag_ids
)
),
'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
'posts_per_page'=> 4, // Number of related posts that will be shown.
);
// query posts
$my_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
?>
<div class="related-post-title">
<?php
echo "<h2>Related Health Hub Articles</h2>";
?>
</div>
<?php
while( $my_query->have_posts() ) { $my_query->the_post();
// display each post
?>
<div class="related-post-thumb col-sm-3">
<a href='<?php the_permalink(); ?>' rel='canonical' class="related-wrapper">
<div class="related-thumb"><?php the_post_thumbnail(array(150,100)); ?></div>
<h4 class="related-title"><?php the_title();?></h4>
</a>
</div>
<?php
}
}
}
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
</div>

Answer 1

I have reviewed your code. you have missed the post_status column. Anything with the status "publish" is what you want.
Please add 'post_status' => 'publish' in $args array.
You can see built-in WordPress functions.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Integrating_WordPress_with_Your_Website

Answer 2

Try this code
<div class="relatedposts">
<?php
// get current post categories and tags
$categories = get_the_category($post->ID);
$tags = get_the_tags($post->ID);
if ($categories || $tags) {
$category_ids = array();
if($categories)
foreach($categories as $individual_category) $category_ids[] = $individual_category->term_id;
$tag_ids = array();
if($tags)
foreach($tags as $individual_tag) $tag_ids[] = $individual_tag->term_id;
$args=array(
'tax_query' => array(
'relation' => 'OR',
array(
'taxonomy' => 'category',
'field' => 'id',
'terms' => $category_ids
),
array(
'taxonomy' => 'post_tag',
'field' => 'id',
'terms' => $tag_ids
)
),
'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
'posts_per_page'=> 4, // Number of related posts that will be shown.
'post_status' => 'publish'
);
// query posts
$my_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
?>
<div class="related-post-title">
<?php
echo "<h2>Related Health Hub Articles</h2>";
?>
</div>
<?php
while( $my_query->have_posts() ) { $my_query->the_post();
// display each post
?>
<div class="related-post-thumb col-sm-3">
<a href='<?php the_permalink(); ?>' rel='canonical' class="related-wrapper">
<div class="related-thumb"><?php the_post_thumbnail(array(150,100)); ?></div>
<h4 class="related-title"><?php the_title();?></h4>
</a>
</div>
<?php
}
}
}
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
</div>

Answer 3

$search_query=get_search_query();
function __extra_where($sql){
global $wpdb;
return ' AND '.$wpdb->prefix.'posts.post_status="publish" AND ( 1=1 '.$sql.' ) ';
}
add_filter( 'posts_where', '__extra_where', 10, 2 );
$query = new WP_Query(array(
'post_status' => array( 'publish' ),
'post_type' => ['post'/*your post_type here */],
's'=>$search_query,
'order' => 'ASC'
));
remove_filter( 'posts_where', '__extra_where', 10 );