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1. jesperfrimann
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi

   I am listing all my custum posttype categories as links, but i don't want them to link to the category archive. Instead I want them to link to the first post of that particular category.

   Somehow I need to get the permalink of the first post of each category.

   Can anyone tell me how to do that?

   Tanks.

2. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   What function do you use to list the categories?

3. jesperfrimann
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thanks for You reply keeslemeijer.
   Here is the code I'm using to list my categories.
   You should know, that I'm using custom taxonomies "pattern-categories" and I have included all the markup, which result in a linkable imagerepresentation of each category.
   What I would like to change is the link destination so it links to the first post in the given category.

   I hope You can help me.

   [Code moderated as per the Forum Rules. Please use the pastebin]

4. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Try it with by using get_posts() in your foreach($categories as $category) {
   This will fetch the first post in the category and uses get_permalink() to get the url of the first post.

   foreach($categories as $category) {
   
   $first_cat_post = get_posts('posts_per_page=1&cat='.$category->term_id);
   
   echo '<a href="'.get_permalink( $first_cat_post[0]->ID ) .'" title="View first post from category: '.esc_attr( $category->name ).'" style="text-decoration:none;">
   <li class="left-side">
   <!-- rest of your code -->
   ';

5. jesperfrimann
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thanks
   Almost the way I want it. However, all links are identical and leads to the same post.

6. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Does that post have all those categories assigned to it?

7. jesperfrimann
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   No. Only one category is assigned to that post...

8. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   try changing this:
   

   $first_cat_post = get_posts('posts_per_page=1&cat='.$category->term_id);

   to this:
   

   $args = array(
   'category__in' => array($category->term_id),
   'posts_per_page' => 1
   );
   $first_cat_post = get_posts($args);

9. jesperfrimann
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Still the same. ;o(

10. keesiemeijer
    moderator
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Thats's strange this works on my testsite. Can you paste and submit the full code of the template file this is in into a pastebin.com and post the link to it here? see the Forum Rules for posting code and using the pastebin.

    Maybe clear your browsers cache?

11. jesperfrimann
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Sure.

    http://pastebin.com/L7wiU37C

12. keesiemeijer
    moderator
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Maybe this will do it: http://pastebin.com/MZXYiYnF

13. jesperfrimann
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Sorry. No change ;o(

14. keesiemeijer
    moderator
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Maybe put the custom post type in the $args array:
    

    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'mycustomposttype', // change this to the post type you registered
        'posts_per_page' => 1,
        'tax_query' => array(
          array(
            'taxonomy' => 'pattern-categories',
            'field' => 'id',
            'terms' => array($category->term_id)
          )
        )
      );
     $first_cat_post = get_posts($args);

    Change "mycustomposttype" to the custom post type you registered.
    And remove one of the
    

    $first_cat_post = get_posts($args);

15. jesperfrimann
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    keesiemeijer, You are a genius. It works just the way it is supposed to.
    Thank You very much for You efforts. I really appreciate it.

    //Jesper

16. keesiemeijer
    moderator
    Posted 4 months ago #

    No problem. Glad you got it resolved.

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