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1. csleh
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   My goal is to grab a list of posts in a custom post type that are also child of category 4, then have a link that goes to a category page -- the category has the same name as the title being pulled.

   This code works great for the first part, getting the list of posts:
   

   <?php $args=array('category_name' => 'mycategoryname' , 'post_type' => 'mycustomposttypename',);
   $my_query = null;
   $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
   if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
     while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
       <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
       <?php  endwhile; }
   wp_reset_query(); ?>

   Now, if I could refine the query further, I'm trying to find the permalink to a category with a name identical to what is shown in the_title. I thought this might help:
   

   <?php
      $pageslug = $post->post_name; // name of the page (slug)
      $catslug = get_category_by_slug($pageslug); // get category of the same slug
      $catid = $catslug->term_id;  // get id of this category
      $query= 'cat=' . $catid. '';
      query_posts($query); // run the query
   ?>

   But combining these two seems to be beyond me as I keep breaking everything.

   If this is the wrong approach feel free to suggest alternatives.

2. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Depending on your permalink structure, you may be able to do something like this (replace mysite.com with your site name):

   <?php $args=array('category_name' => 'mycategoryname' , 'post_type' => 'mycustomposttypename',);
   $my_query = null;
   $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
   if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
     while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
       <a href="http://mysite.com/category/<?php echo $post->post_name; ?>/" ><?php the_title(); ?></a>
       <?php  endwhile; }
   wp_reset_query(); ?>

3. csleh
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   For reasons beyond my control, this site is going to be converted to static html then moved to the final hosting area (please don't ask, I don't even know).

   This approach though is very interesting and creative, so I'm going to see if I can it work with relative url.
   Thank you!

4. csleh
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   vtxyzzy, you are a genius. I changed my link to this:
   <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/index.php/category/time-and-attendance/<?php echo $post->post_name; ?>" >Read more on <?php the_title(); ?></a>
   I'll need to remember to edit this once I figure out how to get the "index.php" and "category" out of the url (windows server).

   Note to anyone else trying this: my version here only works because I have a post in a custom post type that has the exact same name as a category -- but the custom post type post is never viewed on it's own.

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