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1. hilj
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi everybody,

   I would like to create such navigation where I have listed all the posts as links from a specific category. I'd also liked to control amount of posts shown per category as well as the order.

   For example like this:
   PHOTOS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
   THINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9...and so on...

   Every number would be a link to a one post in Photos/Things category.

   I searched and found this:

   <!--Show posts by category-->
   <?php if (in_category('4')) : ?>
   <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('cat=4&showposts=15'); ?>
   <?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   # "><?php the_title(); ?><br />
   
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   
   <?php endif; ?>
   <!--End Show posts by category-->

   I'm not quite following what's going on there... From what I know the in_category() should be inside a loop to work, if I put this in a loop , it multiplies all the posts (if I have three posts in a category, it shows all them three times). I'm a bit confused with this.

   Could some nice person break this down for me? I would appreciate that tremendously! Thanks.

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Take a look at this plugin, it does most of that for you:
   http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/sitemap-generator-plugin-for-wordpress/

3. hilj
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thank you! I'll give it a try :)

4. hilj
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hmm... I dont know if this is good for me after all.

   It shows the post name, for example like this:
   PHOTOS photos1 photos1 photos1 photos1

   I'd like a small image there or a bullet or some simple character or a number. I would need to edit the plugin.

   Can anyone still clarify the upper code? Thanks!

5. CyberCoder
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   hilj, look at the sidebar here and see if this is what you want.

   CyberCoder.net

   I put each post in one category ONLY, then list the Posts BY category, I think that is the same thing you want.

   Here is the code I use.

   <?php
    global $post;
    $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=7&category=8');
    foreach($myposts as $post) :
    ?>
       <li><a href=<?php the_permalink(); ?>><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>

6. hilj
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks CyberCoder, never thought of that.

   I managed pretty easily to modify the plugin. Sorry for Dagon Design, I spoiled the plugin, hope it's okay :)

7. leeroi
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   hello hilj,

   could you post the modified version of the dragondesign plugin for download? i need the same thing as you do, i found it incredible that this plugin doens't exist yet. Displaying posts from a certain category in the sidebar is almost mandatory for anyone who uses WordPress as a content management system.

   hope to hear from you!
   gert.leroy [@] martialarts.be
   thanks !

8. leeroi
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   hilj, will this plugin put my posts in the sidebar?
   is it created for the sidebar?

9. leeroi
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   hilj, no need for that anymore,
   i found the perfect plugin for me here:
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/category-posts/

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