I've created a page template for a blog that will use that template for over 100 pages. I have the template pulling information based on page title, ie: <?php the_title(); ?>.jpg
I would like the template to display the latest posts from a category of the same name as the page. So, if the page was named "Kittens" I would like it to display stories from the "Kittens" category. Here is the code I'm trying:
<h3>Recent Stories</h3>
<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=<?php the_title(); ?>&showposts=2"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
WP doesn't appear to be recognizing the code after "cat=" Does anyone know of a way to do this?
AntonioP
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I'm trying to do the same exact thing. Let me know when you get this working by email me @ antonio_b_perez@hotmail.com
This might be of help (its a plugin) - you might also need a plugin called something like category inheritor - think its mentioned on the page below. My understanding with this plugin is that after you activate the plugin you have to name the template something like cat-#.php (where # is the category you want to display).
http://guff.szub.net/2005/07/21/post-templates-by-category/
http://mattmedia.net/2007/10/09/how-to-set-up-custom-wordpress-category-templates-in-four-easy-steps/
I've been trying to do this for a couple of days.
adamrice
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
You are nesting php tags.
<?php recent … <?php the_title… ?> … ?>
Try removing the inner php tags.
Nice catch adamrice. That makes sense, but it tried it, and still no luck. This is what I'm using now:
<h3>Recent Stories</h3>
<?php $recent = new WP_Query("category_name=the_title()&showposts=2"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
not sure if it work but you can try get the title with the following methods
$title = sanitize_title_with_dashes(wp_title('','false));
or
$title = explode(" ",(wp_title('','false));
$title = $title[0]; // grab the first words only
upekshapriya
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I've made the following work in the past:
<?php $page_cat = $post->post_title; //copy the page title ?>
<?php $page_cat = strtolower($page_cat); // make it lower case only?>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name='.$page_cat); ?>
<?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
stuff here
<?php endwhile; ?>
Hope it helps.
monkeyfight
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
upekshapriya, you couldn't have posted that at a better time - it works perfectly :)
<?php
global $more;
$more = 0;
$page_cat = $post->post_title; //copy the page title
$page_cat = strtolower($page_cat); // make it lower case only
$my_query = new WP_Query('category_name='.$page_cat);
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts('category_name='.$page_cat.'&showposts=5&paged='.$paged);
?>
wescrock
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
Hey there, I am so glad I found this, but i cant seem to get it to display the results... below is my code:
<div id="video_archive">
<h4>Featured Videos</h4>
<?php $page_cat = $post->post_title; //copy the page title ?>
<?php $page_cat = strtolower($page_cat); // make it lower case only?>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name='.$page_cat); ?>
<?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?><li> <?php echo $page_cat ?></li>
</div>
I'm trying to do the same thing, only displaying posts who have a tag that match the page name. Seems to work fine if it's a one word tag, but not multiple word tags.
<?php $tag = $post->post_title; ?>
$tag_query = new WP_Query('tag='.$tag);
<?php if ($tag_query->have_posts()) : while ($tag_query->have_posts()) : $tag_query->the_post(); ?>
stuff here
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
anyone see something I'm missing?
Of course after I post the missing link is
<?php $tag = sanitize_title($post->post_title); ?>
Raid33
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