WordPress.org

1. themarcthomas
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Hey,

   I'm having a bit of trouble writing the correct query for this. I want to do the following

   1) Build an archive for each individual artist mentioned on my site. I have managed this (see: http://plastik.me/artist/summer-camp-2/)
   2) On that page I want to display all of the albums by that particular artist. Thus far, I have been tagging each album review post with a 'review' category.

   However, when it comes to doing the query that only displays 'albums' by the artist, I can't manage to write the code. My thinking is that something like this will do:

   $args = array(
   	'tax_query' => array(
   		'relation' => 'AND',
   		array(
   			'taxonomy' => 'artist',
   			'field' => 'slug',
   			'terms' => array( '[I need something that will echo the artist archive here]' )
   		),
   		array(
   			'taxonomy' => 'category',
   			'field' => 'id',
   			'terms' => array( 1424 ),
   		)
   	)
   );
   $query = new WP_Query( $args );

   Can anyone enlighten me on the following:

   1) Is this the correct query to use?

   2) How can I make the 'artist' dynamic so that I don't have to hard code it for each artist?

   Thanks,
   Marc

2. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 6 months ago #

   maybe this on a archive page [untested]:
   

   'terms' => array( get_query_var('term') )

3. themarcthomas
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Got it! The issue was that the variable $query was not the variable I used to display the posts. Stupid me!

   Changing it to $the_query made it right.

   @keesiemeijer - the fix you put there also needed to be made. Thank you kindly.

   Thank you.

4. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 6 months ago #

   you're welcome. Glad you got it resolved.

5. sjaved
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hi Friends,

   I am new to wordpress plugin development. I want to create my plugin for directory listings which consists of categories and sub categories.

   I have created a plugin for bankers previously but I have no idea about custom taxonomies.

   Can u please give me any link for the tutorial that how to use my custom categories and posts.
   I shall be very thankfull to you.

Reply

You must log in to post.