WordPress.org

1. tlsceo
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Everyone, I am a newb at this, so please bare with me. I have limited knowledge when it comes to php, but I'm learning.

   The problem I am having is this. I have multiple categories, and some have sub-cats. What I would like to have happen is that when you go to a category page, that categories sub-cats are displayed on the sidebar.

   I am using Daiko's text widget, with widget logic plugin to control what pages each widget is displayed on. The coding I am using is as follows.

   <?php
   
   wp_list_cats ("optioncount=$c&hierarchical=$h&sort_column=s&child_of=31");

   This works for the category 31, but what I need to do is pass the current category page id, to a variable, and use that variable in place of "31".

   after searching I've found this snipet "get_query_var('cat')". Which should return the current category, but I am unsure how to use it, and what the syntax should be.

   Thanks in advance for your help.

2. tlsceo
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Just incase anyone else can use this, here is what I did to resolve this issue.

   '<?php

   $current=get_query_var('cat');

   wp_list_cats ("optioncount=$c&hierarchical=$h&sort_column=$s&child_of=$current");

   ?>'

3. carl-johan
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Great man, exactly what is was looking for!

Topic Closed

This topic has been closed to new replies.