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1. hilmon
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I trying to code a page which displays category heading with 3 posts which contain a single tag.

   In essence the tag is acting like a parent category.

   I can list all the posts which have the tag no problem but I can't seem to filter the categories.

   So I'm looking to display.... just for example

   Tag - Germany (page)

   Mercedes
   -Car 1
   -Car 2
   -Car 3
   Audi
   -Car 1
   -Car 2
   -Car 3
   BMW
   -Car 1
   -Car 2
   -Car 3

   I can't set Germany as a parent category (which would be soooo much easier I know)

   Any ideas...

2. hilmon
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ok this is a real hack and is a little too reliant on elements having the same name but here's the solution I came up with.

   I created a page for each of the tags and gave them the same name.

   In page.php ....

   <?php
   $post_obj = $wp_query->get_queried_object(); // Get post data outside the loop
   $post_name = $post_obj->post_name; // Post Name and Tag must match
   $post_title = $post_obj->post_title;
   
   $args=array(
     'orderby' => 'name',
     'order' => 'ASC'
     );
   $categories=get_categories($args); // get array of all categories
     foreach($categories as $category) { // loop thru each category
     $tag = explode(" ",$category->name); // get first word of category
     $title = explode(" ",$post_title); //get first word of page title
     if ( $title[0] == $tag[0]) { // if match .... the page matches category matches tag ..... !!!
     echo '<h1><a>term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all news in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a></h1>'; ?>
   
   <ul>
     <?php
     query_posts ( array ( 'category_name' => $category->name, 'posts_per_page' => -1 ));
    while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
     <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
     <?php  endwhile;
     wp_reset_query();?>
     </ul>
     <?php }
   	}
     ?>

   I'm sure there is a WP query which could have done the same job a lot better .... monday morning deadline :-/

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