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1. FionaGilbert
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Morning all,

   I am having a little problem showing child post listings.

   When I select - for example - the link 'bands' from parent link 'entertainment' it tells me 'sorry no posts'. Why is this?

   This is my code: ' <?php $a = 1; $query1 = new WP_Query();$query1->query('posts_per_page=5&cat=' . get_query_var('cat')); ?>
   <?php while ($query1->have_posts()) : $query1->the_post(); ?>'

   What might I be doing wrong?

   Thanks for any assistance.

2. MichaelH
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   What is a child post? A post belonging to a child category? Or a child page?

3. FionaGilbert
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Sorry, a child category.

   Thank you

4. MichaelH
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   You shouldn't need any special query to do that.

   Switch to the WordPress Default theme and then click on a child category link. Don't you see the posts.

   Related:
   Category Templates
   Template Hierarchy

5. FionaGilbert
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Hmmmmm, no I don't. Checkout my partner's server:

6. MichaelH
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Update your permalinks by visiting Administration > Settings > Permalinks and clicking on Save Changes.

7. FionaGilbert
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Hmmmmm, still no joy. I am using this permalink structure: /%category%/%postname%/

8. FionaGilbert
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Found the problem. The plugin: Top Level Categories - http://fortes.com/projects/wordpress/top-level-cats/

   Removes the prefix from the URL for a category. For instance, if your old category link was /category/catname it will now be /catname

   Shame I can't use this but I understand why.

   Thanks for your help.

9. FionaGilbert
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   OK Fixed. Used this plugin which worked just fine: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-no-category-base/

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