How to exclude a category from a Playa field?

Question

Im trying to exclude a specific category from a playa loop. As the doc says, most of the exp:channel:entries parameters are available so I've added the category parameter to the playa field.

If i declare a category inside the paya tag as below:

{my_playa_field category="16"}
...
{/my_playa_field}

all works like a charm.

But if I try this:

{my_playa_field category="not 16"}
...
{/my_playa_field}

it simply doesn't work.

Where am I wrong?

Answer 1

I have not used playa in a while, but just to make sure before I look further into this, what do you get when you use the "not 16" parameter, any output at all?

Are you sure that there a values that are not category 16?

Maybe try...

{my_playa_field category="15"}
...
{/my_playa_field}

...to assure you have valid data to return.