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1. rawlimit
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I wanted to display a list of posts, on a page, from a specific category number specified in a custom field on the page.

   Any Ideas?

   Thanks
   Scott

2. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I do exactly that in my site here, and in several other pages. The category name is in a Custom Field named 'category-to-show'. The relevant code is:

   <?php $this_cat=get_post_meta($post->ID,'category-to-show',TRUE);
   if ($this_cat != "") {
      $paged = get_query_var('paged');
      $args = array( 'category_name' => $this_cat, 'paged' => $paged,);
      query_posts($args);

3. rawlimit
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for the response...

   Tried the code but it is giving me a syntax error. Please forgive as I am just learning php/wp...

   Could you elaborate?

   Thanks in advance!

4. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That code is not meant to be used 'as is'. It must be adapted to your theme. Without access to the theme code, I cannot give more specific instructions.

   Can you post the code for your page template in a pastebin and post the link to it here?

5. rawlimit
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://wordpress.pastebin.com/3Je37jmX

   Trying to display the posts in the 'storepage' area
   store_couponcat being the custom field

   Thanks Again

6. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Try adding the code as shown below just ahead of your if (have_posts()):

   <?php query_posts(
        array_merge($wp_query->query,
                   array('cat' => $store_couponcat))
   ); ?>
   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

7. rawlimit
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Tried that code, and its not displaying anything...

   Here is my current code with the category# built in (141)

   http://wordpress.pastebin.com/BunS9RAk

   Anything else you think will work?

   Thanks for all the help!
   Scott

8. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Well, if your code is working, and $store_couponcat really has what you think it has, then this should work:

   query_posts("cat=$store_couponcat");

   If that doesn't work, then $store_couponcat does not contain the category id that you are expecting.

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