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1. Drew Jaynes (DrewAPicture)
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   First, I've already checked the WP_Query Codex. I've already resigned myself to probably having to do a wpdb query, but here's my problem:

   1. If I query a single category ID, it returns all posts in that category and that category's children.

   Like this:

   Top Level Category
   	Post 1
   	Post 2
   	->Sub Category
   		Post 1
   		Post 2
   	->Sub Category
   		Post 1
   		Post 2
   		-> Sub Sub Category
   			Post 1

   2. If I query an array of category IDs, it returns all posts in those specific categories, but NOT their children.

   Like so:

   Top Level Category 1
   	Post 1
   	Post 2
   Top Level Category 2
   	Post 1
   	Post 2
   Top Level Category 3
   	Post 1
   	Post 2

   I need a way to query the equivalent of the first example with several top-level categories and their children, but grouped separately in an array (e.g. array(group1, group2, group3))

   Like so:

   Top Level Category 1
   	Post 1
   	Post2
   	->Sub Category
   		Post 1
   		Post 2
   Top Level Category 2
   	->Sub Category
   		Post 1
   	->Sub Category
   		Post 1
   Top Level Category 3
   	Post 1
   	->Sub Category
   		Post 1

   Any ideas?

2. jmoseley
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   What does your query look like? Are you using category__in? If so, I think you will get the results you are looking for by querying a comma separated cat list. I have not tested this though...

   $query = new WP_Query( 'cat=2,6,17,38' );

3. Drew Jaynes (DrewAPicture)
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Thanks for the reply. I'm working on a pretty complicated multilayered query. I'm pulling the latest 3 posts from 6 top-level categories at once. I just recently realized it was only pulling posts actually IN the top-level cats and NOT their children.

   I'm going to try a couple of things. At this point, it could be the use of category__in on the array in the foreach, it (probably is) the array in get_categories. I'll post back.

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