Group by Post Category

Hi,
It should be fairly easy to create a Category + Post list , where category are sorted alphabetically. To do this –

1. Go to List creation page.
2. Select “List Type” = Category + Post
3. Click on “Terms” Tab
4. Set “Taxonomy” to “Category”, “Orderby” to “Name”, Order to “ASC”, “Items per page” to -1
5. Click on “Posts” Tab
6. Set “Post Type” to “Post”, “Post Status” to “Publish”, “Orderby” to “Title”, “Order” to “ASC”.
7. Click on “Template” Tab. Use this there –

<ul>
[terms]
  <li><a href="[term_link]" class="my_cat_link" data-toggle="#cpl_[term_id]">[term_name]</a>
  <ol class="my_post_list" id="cpl_[term_id]">
  [posts]
    <li><a href="[post_permalink]">[post_title]</a></li>
  [/posts]
  </ol>
  </li>
[/terms]
</ul>

8. Click on “Style” Tab. Use this there –

(function($){
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $('.my_post_list').hide();
    $('a.my_cat_link').click(function(e){
      e.preventDefault();
      $( $(this).data('toggle') ).toggle();
      return false;
    });
  });
})(jQuery);

9. Save the list. Copy the Shortcode and use it on Page, Post or Widget Area.

Thanks for using the plugin.

Please post a review here 🙂

And there’s no option for Group By Post name, and logically how could that be, is there multiple post with same name ?

Well, this is can be achieved.

1. Install this plugin – Custom Post Type UI
2. Register a Custom Taxonomy for Post (name it “Alphabet”)
3. Insert Some Terms (A,B,C,D) for that taxonomy.
4. Then Chose appropriate taxonomy for each of the post. There’s a bulk edit function which could be useful.
5. Then create a new Post List – Category + Post
6. On “Terms” tab – Select the newly created taxonomy (whatever you named it, maybe “Alphabet”)
7. Then follow the steps i posted earlier. (http://wordpress.org/support/topic/group-by-post-category?replies=5#post-5700427)
8. On “Template” tab, remove the line –
<a href="[term_link]" class="my_cat_link" data-toggle="#cpl_[term_id]">[term_name]</a> – (this is because you wont need to display the taxonomies)
9. “Style” tab could be empty, as there’s no show/hide mechanism.

** Taxonomy == Group (ex: Continent)
** Terms == Group Element (ex: Africa)

Cheers 🙂

I am not sure what they have named, Probably “Custom Taxonomies” or “CPT”. And your won’t find terms there. Lets assume you have created the CPT named “Alphabet”. Then, you would see it under the Posts menu, below “Categories”, “Tags”.

Hope it helps.