Posted 2 years ago #
Hi
Im trying to get a list of posts from a specific category.
at the moment i only have the list of categories showing (see code below)
<div class="box">
<ul>
<?php //wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=<h2>' . __('Categories') . '</h2>' ); ?>
</ul>
</div>Can anyone please help, i just seem to be going in circles and pulling my hair out lol
MANY THANKS :-)
<?php
//get 3 posts from category id 7
$args=array(
'cat' => 7,
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'posts_per_page' => 3,
'caller_get_posts'=> 1
);
$my_query = null;
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
echo 'List of Posts';
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php
endwhile;
}
wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>Perhaps try the List category posts plugin.
Posted 2 years ago #
Thanks MichaelH
Trying not to sound stupid but where do i put this?
i would guess at the first php line?
<?php //wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>
And sorry vtxyzzy this plugin does not suit what i want to use it for :) thanks for the help any way =)
Posted 2 years ago #
Scrap that ive just given it a go and didn't work :(
here's the code ive got plus a probably better explanation:
<div class="box">
<ul>
<?php //wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=<h2>' . __('Categories') . '</h2>' ); ?>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="box">
<ul>
<?php //wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=<h2>' . __('Categories') . '</h2>' ); ?>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="box">
<ul>
<?php //wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=<h2>' . __('Categories') . '</h2>' ); ?>
</ul>
</div>im trying to display the lists of posts from a different category in each [box].
(or to be completely honest i want to display posts from a different sub-category)
Yes you will want to use the code I displayed above for each of your 'boxes'. Of course you will change the 'cat'=> x value each time.
Related:
Stepping Into Template Tags
Stepping Into Templates
Template Hierarchy
Posted 2 years ago #
OK im getting confused. . .
doesn't take much lol
ive tried adding the code you have given me wich works exactly the same as the code i already had???
my guess on that issue is the problem im having with cat ID as i dont know the category ID's. so i tried using slugs instead and that didn't work, also having tried to change from displaying categories to sub catagories i well ended up with blank pages lol
Please help :)
wow i feel thick sometimes ;)
How do I determine a Post, Page, Category, Tag, Link, Link Category, or User ID?
And if you want to display posts in your sidebar go with a widget:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/list-category-posts/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/query-posts/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-loop/
Posted 2 years ago #
Hi! OK so got the cat number but how do i link it to sub cat?
also due to code given it either displays nothing or if i add (see code below) to the end i get it all back but it displays all categories???
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=<h2>' . __('Categories') . '</h2>' ); ?>
So starting again because even im confused now.
here is my code for one box:
<div class="box">
<ul>
<?php //wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=<h2>' . __('Categories') . '</h2>' ); ?>
</ul>
</div>i want to display all posts in a sub catagory, the catagory ID (not sub cat ID) is 36
Sorry im a pain and thank you for the fantastic help and advice so far :)
wp_list_categories lists just the categories, NOT the posts in those categories.
Posted 2 years ago #
OK so would you be able to help on code for listing posts in a specific sub category?
See my example above and use the sub-category ID for the 'cat' -> x argument.
Also see query_posts() for more arguments.
Note: typically you don't see posts listing in a header navigation.
Posted 2 years ago #
Ah, Got it!
Thank you so much :)
i realised that using your code had worked before but wasnt linking through to some of the css design and looked wrong when actually it was right :)
Sorry for the hassle :)
and thanks you so much you a saviour :-)
Posted 2 years ago #
Thank you!! This is exactly what I've been looking for. Worked like a charm.
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