WordPress.org

1. Xoda
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I want to make a page which lists categories with descriptions. I want them to show indented subcategories.

   No, I can't use wp_list_categories becuase for some €%&€ reason they can't show descriptions.

   No, I can't use get_categories because the hierarchical parameter doesn't work.

   So please don't just redirect me to those pages in the codex because they don't help.

   I've thought about using several get_categories and foreach, but for some @#-€& reason theres no working way to get only the top level, parent categories. Guess nobody though about that when the child_of-paramater was created?

   The only way I can think of now is getting a list with wp_list_categories('echo=0') and then use some kind of regular expression to get the id or slug, then use a foreach and get_categories('child_of=$x'). But should it really be that ridicolous hard to get a useful list of categories and subcategories, all with description?

   I have searched the forum but similar questions seems to gone unanswered or had solutions not appliable to my problem.

2. tugbucket
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Link: Grab the Description on display in a list. See if that can help at all. I haven't done anything with subcategories but it's a start.

3. Xoda
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I solved it by making a foreach-loop with get_categories, checking if it's a parent, then looping again with child_of

   It works but it has a disadvantage that the child-categories gets fetched two times.

4. Xoda
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Working quite well actually, if you want to have look (the whole theme is not finished yet and there's not much content but you see the idea) www.photositescenter.com

5. csbartus
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   my bad thoughts removed ... :D

6. csbartus
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   $products = get_categories('child_of=5&hide_empty=0');
       foreach ( $products as $product ) {
         echo $product->cat_name . '->' . $product->cat_ID . '->' . $product->description . ' ';
       } ?>

7. Joshuwar
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thanks csbartus - that snippet has just saved me a lot of faff.

Reply

You must log in to post.