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1. tsimages
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm new to using php and what not, so forgive me if this is all too obvious, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to modify the page of posts php code to show posts using a category name.

   I've created a template php doc for my page with the page of posts code, but can't find any examples of how to modify this code so that the template will display posts of a certain category by name.

   Can someone please post an example of what that should look like? I've used the page of posts code on the following page:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages

   Thanks in advance

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try:
   

   <?php
   if (is_page('About') ) $cat_name = 'Foo';
   elseif ( is_page('One') ) $cat_name = 'Bar';
   else $cat_name = '';
   
   $posts_per_page = -1; // -1 shows all posts
   $do_not_show_stickies = 1; // 0 to show stickies
   $args=array(
      'category_name' => $cat_name,
      'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page,
      'caller_get_posts' => $do_not_show_stickies
      );
   $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
   ?>

3. tsimages
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks

   Am I correct in assuming that i need to substitute my page name for "About" and my category name for "Foo"?

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Yes - those were just random page & catgeory names for the example.

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