find out what category I am on…

  • maxelcat

    (@maxelcat)


    10 years, 10 months ago

    Hi

    I have inherited a site using the twentyeleven theme – not as a child and I need to create a new widget.

    HOw do I find out what categoies are currently being displayed?

    For instance the site has a link in its menu that says “Astronmy” and when you click it you go to a cateogy pagethat has 5 posts in that category displaying.

    But there might be 50 other posts in that cateogry and i want to create a list. I can use:

    $query = new WP_Query( 'category_name=astronomy' );
		if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
			while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
			$query->the_post();
			echo '
<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>
';
			}
		}

    So my question is really what function do I use to get it to dunamically put in the category name?

    Thanks in advance

    Edward

    Thanks

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  • Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    in a category archive, the cat ID is:

    get_query_var('cat')

    for example, try in the query:

    $query = new WP_Query( array( 'category__in' => array( get_query_var('cat') ) ) );

    or:

    $query = new WP_Query( 'cat=' . get_query_var('cat') );
    Thread Starter maxelcat

    (@maxelcat)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    thanks – really helpful reply – used second one and worked straight away

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