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1. jumust
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #
   

   Hi,
   I want to build a featured section for each category page that will show one post of the current category page by a specific tag (featured).

   I ended up using this but it shows the same post with the "featured" tag in all categories....

   How can I use the variable category to get the featured post from the current category?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 10 months ago #
   

   untested - try to add the current category into the query:

   $args = array(
           'category__in' => array(get_query_var('cat')),
           'posts_per_page' => 1,
           'tag' => 'featured',
       );

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Category_Parameters

3. jumust
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #
   

   Great it worked! Thanks
   what should I add to not duplicate the featured post with posts the loop below the featured section?

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 10 months ago #
   

   what should I add to not duplicate the featured post with posts the loop below the featured section?

   check:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops_in_Action
   particular the section after the headline 'Note for Multiple Posts in the First Category'
   i.e. using an array for $do_not_duplicate and the 'post__not_in' parameter in a query for the rest of the posts.

   example - assuming that you have the post ID of the 'featured' post in the $do_not_duplicate array;

   global $wp_query;
   $args = array_merge( $wp_query->query, array( 'post__not_in' => $do_not_duplicate ) );
   query_posts( $args );

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Preserving_Existing_Query_Parameters

   you could also paste the full code of your category archive template (into a pastebin ...) and someone might have a look at your code.

5. jumust
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #
   

   Awesome I figured that out
   Thanks

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