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1. kadolf1024
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello,
   I'm very new to this, but trying to cut my teeth. I'm using this code from the codex in my sidebar and I can't figure out how to display the parent title instead of this <h2>Child Pages</h2>

   Essentially I would like my sidebar, when on any specific area in my site, to display the parent title as a title/header and then list all the children and grandchildren as sublinks. This almost gets me there except for the parent title part - and the fact that when I'm on a grandchild page it no longer displays the children (it would be great to do that too). Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

   \\
   <?php
   $output = wp_list_pages('echo=0&depth=1&title_li=<h2>Top Level Pages </h2>' );
   if (is_page( )) {
   $page = $post->ID;
   if ($post->post_parent) {
   $page = $post->post_parent;
   }
   $children=wp_list_pages( 'echo=0&child_of=' . $page . '&title_li=' );
   if ($children) {
   $output = wp_list_pages ('echo=0&child_of=' . $page . '&title_li=<h2>Child Pages</h2>');
   }
   }
   echo $output;
   ?>
   \\

2. dakranii
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hey Kadolf,

   I have no specific knowledge of the solution, but you may find it here if you haven't come across an answer yet:

   http://www.tammyhartdesigns.com/tutorials/wordpress-how-to-list-child-pages-in-sidebar/

   This touches on the same general topic, and the last part of the post talks about putting a parent title on the top of a sidebar menu containing child pages.

3. dakranii
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This is a bit ironic. When I posted the link for you, that wasn't my issue, nor was your question the question I had. I was actually trying to solve a different problem that was somewhat related.

   However, after I solved my first problem, I realized my next issue was this exact same issue. So I came back here to get my own advice. :-) Ha.

   And, it worked. The parent title is now displayed on my child pages instead of the child title.

   The code from that link that worked is:

   <h3><?php
   $parent_title = get_the_title($post->post_parent);
   echo $parent_title;
   ?></h3>

4. fldtrace
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Here you can find a good working example of what you try to achieve.

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