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1. julienarchille
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hello all,

   I am using query_posts() to retrieve some posts in a specific category. My code is like this:

   $posts = query_posts("name=$name&category_name=$category_slug");

   But the problem is it seems like the category_name parameter is ignored, just the name is looked at

   Eg, I have a post with the name of "My Post" and its category is "cat1"; I also have another category which is "cat2". When I tried the code below, I guessed the post should NOT be retrieved, but it was still included in the result:

   $name = 'My Post';
   $category_slug = 'cat2'; // yes, 'cat2' for not including 'My Post'
   $posts = query_posts("name=$name&category_name=$category_slug");

   Please give me any clue. Thank you all so much!

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I am using query_posts() to retrieve some posts in a specific category.

   why are you using 'name' and 'category_name' at the same time?

   try:
   $posts = query_posts("category_name=$category_slug");

3. julienarchille
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   why are you using 'name' and 'category_name' at the same time?

   @alchymyth. Sorry for the misleading explanation

   I was trying to get a specific post within a specific category

   Saying, I had 2 posts with the same name of "My Post" (ID = 1 and ID = 2) which is respectively belong to 2 categories cat1 and cat2. I was trying to get the post "My Post" in the cat1. That's why my code was like above

   So, what should I do? Thank you!

4. globalreporter
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi,
   I have a similar problem. i want to have 0 posts in some specific category pages.
   So I used alternatevely the following codes:

   1) in functions.php
   if(!is_category(array( 'cat ID or name' ))) {
   query_posts('posts_per_page=0');
   2) in archive php
   <?php if(!is_category(array( 'cat ID or name' ))) : ?>
   <?php itx_loop();?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   The problem is that in both cases also the category page title and all my widgets disappear: I'd like them to still be there!
   Please let me know what i should to...

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