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1. denutza
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   I want to display just one post in the Category Page, and that post will be chosen if it has a specific TAG and belongs to that category.

   So lets say I create a post and add a TAG called "Main Cat Post".
   I might actually have 5 posts with a TAG called Main Cat Post, however
   they will all be in different categories.

   I think im supposed to be looking in the archive.php file...(I dont have a category.php) I see the loop but thats it.

   <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>

2. denutza
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   I ALMOST got it..I have TAGS working, unfortunately it shows the post, even if the post doesnt belong in the category page that i'm on.

   <?php $category = get_the_category(); ?>
   <?php query_posts('cat=$category&tag=test');?>
   <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>

   Why is this?

3. denutza
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Finally got it..Has to do with an old WP bug where the category name cannot be resolved outside main loop with query-posts.

   <?php foreach(get_the_category() as $category) { $cat=$category->cat_ID; }
   query_posts("cat=$cat&tag=test"); ?>

   It has to be done this way..not sure why..they need to fix this by now.
   Even if I had replaced cat=catid in 2nd post, instead of cat=categoryname it wouldnt work.

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