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1. gashface
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hi there, I am trying to get random posts from the current category of a post page. Like a sort of related posts using categories. I want these as thumbnails within a grid, which works fine... that is the counter part of my code (which needs to be in there)

   Here is the start of the loop
   

   <?php
   $c = 1; //init counter
   $bpr = 3; //boxes per row
   foreach(get_the_category() as $category)
   {
     $cat = $category->cat_ID;
   }
   query_posts('cat=' . $cat . '&showposts=3&orderby=rand');
   if(have_posts()) :
   while(have_posts()) :
   the_post();
   ?>

   At the moment it only shows one post and fails to retrieve anymore posts from within the category. any help?

   thanks!

2. gashface
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Nevermind I have fixed it. for anybody else who is curious:

   <?php
   $c = 1; //init counter
   $bpr = 3; //boxes per row
   foreach(get_the_category() as $category)
   {
     $cat = $category->cat_ID;
   }
   query_posts('cat=.$cat.&showposts=3&orderby=rand');
   if(have_posts()) :
   while(have_posts()) :
   the_post();
   ?>

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