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1. hinch
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I wish to create a 'grid' showing all my sub-categories of a category and the top three posts for each.

   Basically I just need this architecture:

   - sub-category name
   - post 1
   - post 2
   - post 3
   - sub-category name
   - post 1
   - post 2
   - post 3
   - sub-category name
   - post 1
   - post 2
   - post 3

   etc.

   I'm trying to make a new function from wp_list_cats that can include get_posts, or is there a better way?

2. hinch
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Sorry I forgot to add what I currently have - It works okay but it seems messy:

   function list_posts() {
    $ch = get_query_var('cat');
    $cat_ids = get_all_category_ids("child_of=$ch");
    foreach ( $cat_ids as $cat_id ) {
    ?>
   
   <h4><?php echo get_cat_name($cat_id); ?></h4>
   <ul>
    <?php
    global $post;
    $myposts = get_posts("numberposts=3&offset=1&category=$cat_id");
    foreach($myposts as $post) :
    ?>
       <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); echo "- $cat_id"; ?></a></li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
      <li>More...</li>
    </ul>
    <?php
    }
   }
   ?>

3. hinch
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Since I can't edit the post above now (is only one edit allowed?) I have actually got code I am happy with - I'd be interested to know your thoughts on it:

   <?php
   $parent = get_query_var('cat');
   $categories = get_categories("orderby=id&show_count=1&hide_empty=0&child_of=$parent");
   foreach ($categories as $cat) {
   echo '<h4><a href="'.$cat->category_nicename.'">'.$cat->cat_name."</a></h4>\n";
   
   $cid = $cat->cat_ID;
   
     echo "<ul>\n";
   
     global $post;
     $myposts = get_posts("numberposts=3&offset=0&category=$cid");
     foreach($myposts as $post) :
   
      echo '<li><a href="'; the_permalink(); echo '">'; the_title(); echo "</a></li>\n";
   
     endforeach;
   
     echo '
      <li><a href="' . get_category_link($cid) . "\">More...</a></li>
     </ul>\n\n";
   
   }
   ?>

4. Galyn
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Hinch, I'm looking to do this exact same thing on one of my websites. How'd this work out for you? Did you have to create a new function in "theme functions" to do this?

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