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1. Steven Jones
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I am using the the query_posts() function as I want to use orderby=rand

   I am using this on the category template but all my posts show up. How would I be able to add the cat ID dynamically to this:

   <?php $my_querycat = new WP_Query('orderby=rand&cat=');

   Thank you,
   Steve

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You can't as there is no support for ordering posts by category in query_posts().

   But might use something like this:

   <?php
   $categories=get_categories('orderby=name&order=ASC');
     foreach($categories as $category) {
         $posts=get_posts('showposts=-1&cat='. $category->term_id);
         if ($posts) {
           echo '<p>Category: <a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a> </p> ';
           foreach($posts as $post) {
             setup_postdata($post); ?>
             <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
             <?php
           } // foreach($posts
         } // if ($posts
       } // foreach($categories
   ?>

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