Filter location dropdowns to only show active/pending property locations

- Add homeproz_get_active_locations() helper function
- Only shows locations that have properties with Active or Pending status
- Applied to homepage community dropdown and properties page location filter
- Sold properties no longer count toward location visibility

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

wp-content/themes/homeproz/inc/template-functions.php

@@ -228,3 +228,69 @@ function homeproz_get_option($key, $default = '') {
 
     return isset($options[$key]) ? $options[$key] : $default;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get property locations that have active or pending properties
+ *
+ * @return array Array of term objects
+ */
+function homeproz_get_active_locations() {
+    // Get Active and Pending status term IDs
+    $active_term = get_term_by('slug', 'active', 'property_status');
+    $pending_term = get_term_by('slug', 'pending', 'property_status');
+
+    $status_ids = array();
+    if ($active_term) $status_ids[] = $active_term->term_id;
+    if ($pending_term) $status_ids[] = $pending_term->term_id;
+
+    if (empty($status_ids)) {
+        // Fallback: return all non-empty locations if no status terms exist
+        return get_terms(array(
+            'taxonomy' => 'property_location',
+            'hide_empty' => true,
+            'orderby' => 'name',
+            'order' => 'ASC',
+        ));
+    }
+
+    // Query properties with Active or Pending status
+    $properties = get_posts(array(
+        'post_type' => 'property',
+        'posts_per_page' => -1,
+        'fields' => 'ids',
+        'tax_query' => array(
+            array(
+                'taxonomy' => 'property_status',
+                'field' => 'term_id',
+                'terms' => $status_ids,
+            ),
+        ),
+    ));
+
+    if (empty($properties)) {
+        return array();
+    }
+
+    // Get unique location terms from these properties
+    $location_ids = array();
+    foreach ($properties as $property_id) {
+        $terms = wp_get_post_terms($property_id, 'property_location', array('fields' => 'ids'));
+        if (!is_wp_error($terms)) {
+            $location_ids = array_merge($location_ids, $terms);
+        }
+    }
+
+    $location_ids = array_unique($location_ids);
+
+    if (empty($location_ids)) {
+        return array();
+    }
+
+    // Get the actual term objects
+    return get_terms(array(
+        'taxonomy' => 'property_location',
+        'include' => $location_ids,
+        'orderby' => 'name',
+        'order' => 'ASC',
+    ));
+}

wp-content/themes/homeproz/template-parts/components/hero-section.php

@@ -43,15 +43,10 @@ $size_class = $size === 'small' ? 'hero-section--small' : 'hero-section--large';
 // Prepare gallery data attribute for JS
 $gallery_data = !empty($gallery_images) ? esc_attr(wp_json_encode($gallery_images)) : '';
 
-// Get locations for dropdown if needed
+// Get locations for dropdown if needed (only locations with active/pending properties)
 $locations = array();
 if ($show_location_search) {
-    $locations = get_terms(array(
-        'taxonomy' => 'property_location',
-        'hide_empty' => false,
-        'orderby' => 'name',
-        'order' => 'ASC',
-    ));
+    $locations = homeproz_get_active_locations();
 }
 ?>
 

wp-content/themes/homeproz/template-parts/property/property-filters.php

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $current_sort = isset($_GET['sort']) ? sanitize_text_field($_GET['sort']) : 'new
 // Get taxonomy terms
 $property_types = get_terms(array('taxonomy' => 'property_type', 'hide_empty' => false));
 $property_statuses = get_terms(array('taxonomy' => 'property_status', 'hide_empty' => false));
-$property_locations = get_terms(array('taxonomy' => 'property_location', 'hide_empty' => false));
+$property_locations = homeproz_get_active_locations();
 ?>
 
 <div class="property-filters" id="property-filters" data-ajax-url="<?php echo esc_url(admin_url('admin-ajax.php')); ?>">