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1. Tammy Hart
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have a sidebar with several loops in it. Each loop looks something like this:

   $temp = $the_query;
   		$the_query= null;
   		$the_query = new WP_Query;
   		$the_query->query('cat=54&showposts=1');
   		while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
           	<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
               <?php the_content(); ?>
   
           <?php endwhile; ?>
           <?php $the_query  = null; $the_query  = $temp; ?>

   The problem is, I need to be able to hide one of these loops if I'm on a single post in the category '54'. So I added this:

   <?php if (!( in_category('54') )) { ?>
   
   ... query loop ...
   
   <?php } ?>

   But it makes no change to what is outputted. Whether the post is in that category or not, it shows up.

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try:
   

   <?php if (is_single() && !in_category('54') ) { ?>
   
   ... query loop ...
   
   <?php } ?>

3. Tammy Hart
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   still there :/ If I remove all of the other loops from the sidebar, it works. Is it maybe because I'm using the same "$the_query" for every loops?

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   my guess is that i would try and save the results of 'is_single()' and 'in_category()' into a variable immedeately before the first loop - assuming that the original query results (?) are still present (can't describe it any better).
   and then use these variables to check against for the one loop.

5. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Or use wp_reset_query

6. Tammy Hart
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   esmi, that worked great, thanks! any known caveats of using that?

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