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1. eveums
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello,
   I would like to add a dynamic list of posts by category to my sidebar. For example, if I am viewing a single post from category "2", the sidebar would display links to all posts in category "2".

   How would I do this?

   thanks!

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I thought I'd seen this question before...

   This search:
   http://wordpress.org/search/category+single+sidebar?forums=1

   found, among othere, these three possibilities:
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/257858
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/179138
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/252228

3. eveums
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thank you! Truly, effective searching is an art! :)

   This code worked for me:

   <?php
   if ( is_single() ) {
     $cats = wp_get_post_categories($post->ID);
     if ($cats) {
       $first_cat = $cats[0];
       $args=array(
         'cat' => $first_cat,
         'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
         'showposts'=>5,
         'caller_get_posts'=>1
       );
       $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
       if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
         echo 'More';
         while ($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;
       } //if ($my_query)
     } //if ($cats)
     wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
   } //if (is_single())
   ?>

4. zOmbiesundaYs
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for the code snippet eveums!

5. Ruriko
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   How can I make it into a drop down menu?

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