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1. akis
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   How can I redirect category to first available subcategory (child)?
   Is that possible?

   Thanks.

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ideas of code and a plugin:

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/257560?replies=6
   (note: you'd need to use something like get_categories to get the 'first' child)

3. akis
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks.
   Now I have the following code:

   $thiscategory = get_query_var('cat');
   
   $catkids = get_categories("child_of=".$thiscategory."&sort_column=menu_order");
   
   if ($catkids) {
   $firstchild = $catkids[0];
   wp_redirect(get_permalink($firstchild->ID));
   }

   The problem is $firstchild->ID I think, get_permalink should be replaced with something like get_category_link.

   Problem solved, $firstchild->ID should be replace with $firstchild->term_id and of course get_category_link.

4. luispunchy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   This worked for me... includes @akis' suggested corrections plus the proper parameters for get_categories (original snippet above uses parameters for "get_pages" per @MichaelH's original link).

   <?php // redirect parent category to first child
   $thiscategory = get_query_var('cat');
   
   $cat_query = array (
   	'child_of' => $thiscategory,
   	'orderby' => 'id',
   	'order' => 'desc'
   );
   
   $catkids = get_categories($cat_query);
   
   if ($catkids) {
   $firstchild = $catkids[0];
   wp_redirect(get_category_link($firstchild->term_id));
   }
   
   ?>

   For my purposes, I included this snippet in my custom category.php template.

5. luispunchy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   ack... actually, scratch that ^^ --- causes an yet unresolved error: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/407556

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