Darktower
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I am new to WordPress and have no php coding experience. I wish to be able to show posts from a category on a page. For example, If I review a book, DVD or movie, I would like these posts to display in the Pages of Book's, DVD's and Movies.
I'm sure this possible and I have searched for plugins but have had little success. I am using a theme that I purchased. Is there any way to do this via plugin or does it require good knowledge of php? I have Googled this extensively but I think it left me more confused than when I started! Any help is greatly appreciated.
converting2wp
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I think you mean you intend to write a series of posts about, say, books and put each of them in the category "books". Then you'd access the list of those posts with the address
http://your-wordpress-address/category/books
What that page looks like depends on your theme, but no plugin is involved.
If your theme supports the WP 3.0 menu system, you can also make that page of posts an item in your menu. Open the Dashboard and look down the left column for "Appearance" and under that look for "Menus". Clicking that will bring up a screen where you can select a particular category and add it to the main menu for your site. If your theme isn't using the menuing system, it may have other information about how to change the menu -- Since you purchased the theme, see if their support may help you get started.
Darktower
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
Thank you so much that is exactly what I was looking for. I had to create a custom menu to get it to display but it worked a treat. I was expecting an answer involving loops and coding!!
Again many, many thanks to you Converting2wp for your speedy and excellent response.
converting2wp
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
Like a lot of systems, WordPress has many ways to accomplish things -- but recent versions really have tried to make it relatively easy to answer the most common questions without delving into the code.
All the best with your WordPress site!
