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1. cmdshiftdesign
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Setting up a listing of Categories w/ their descriptions. All of the categories are within a custom post type named "works"

   Have something that is ALMOST giving me what I want, and so far have not been able to edit in correctly to get what I need.

   THIS IS WHAT I WANT:

   • A list of each category within the custom post type "works" along with it's description.
   • ONLY the top level Categories, NO child categories.
   • The listed categories ordered by which has the greatest number of posts within it FIRST.

   THIS IS WHAT I HAVE:

   • A list in reverse ascending alphabetical order of ALL of the categories within the custom post type parent, and children with descriptions.

   the code i have now...

   <?php $args=array('orderby' => 'name','order' => 'ASC');$categories=get_categories('taxonomy=works');foreach($categories as $category) {echo '<h1><a href="' . get_category_link( $category) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a></h1>';echo '<p>'. $category->description . '</p>'; }?>

2. tresinvolved
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Untested, but hopefully this works:

   <?php         
   
   $args = array('orderby' => 'count', 'order' => 'ASC', 'taxonomy' => 'works');
   
   $categories=get_categories($args);
   
   foreach($categories as $category) {
     if ( 0 == $category->category_parent ) { // if parent category
         echo '<h1><a href="' . get_category_link( $category) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a></h1>';
         echo '<p>'. $category->description . '</p>';
     } // end if parent category
   } // end foreach
   
   ?>

3. cmdshiftdesign
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thank you!

   This was near spot on! Just changed the ASC to DESC and this just as i was looking for, you rock! :)

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