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1. seaneherron
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hey everyone,

   Running into a (small) issue that's bugging me. Basically, I want to display each category on the site in it's own div, and then inside that div, have a list of the 3 most recent posts in that category. So, ideally, a result should be output like this:

   <div class="categoryslug">
   <h3>Category Name</h3>
   <p>Category Description</p>
   <ul>
   <li><a href="linktopost1">Post 1</a></li>
   <li><a href="linktopost2">Post 2</a></li>
   <li><a href="linktopost3">Post 3</a></li>
   </ul>
   </div>

   This is what I have so far:

   $args=array(
     'orderby' => 'name',
     'parent' => '5',
     'order' => 'ASC',
     'hide_empty' => '0'
     );
   $categories=get_categories($args);
     foreach($categories as $category) {
       echo '
       <div class="' . $category->slug . '">
   		<h3>' . $category->name . '</h3>
   		<p>' . $category->description .'</p>
   		<ul>
                   <li>Link to post 1 should go here</li>
   		<li><a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '">More...</a></li>
   		</ul>
   		</div>
       ';
   }

   Any suggestions on how to do what I'm trying to do? I tried to do a loop in there using get_posts but failed miserably.

   Thanks so much for your help!

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you probably need to break your echo string for the get_posts loop;

   what was your code, and where did it fail?

3. seaneherron
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   This is the code I previously had:

   [code moderated according to forum rules - please use the pastebin]

   With that, the page doesn't load at all. Thanks for your help!

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   as i suggested before, break the echo string at the point where you start the posts loop; the either connect the outputs into one long string or echo them directly:

   http://pastebin.com/CeR6iXXK

   or

   http://pastebin.com/Xqj5CcrB

5. seaneherron
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You are a hero - thank you for your help!

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