Hey gang,
I'm working on a script that will pull recent posts in the same category. I've got it working, but it's pulling the most recent 6 posts when I'd really like to be pulling 6 random posts from the category... I've spent hours trying to resolve this but alas my PHP skills aren't awesome... any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Here's what I've got:
<?php
// get other posts from this category only as related posts //
$backup = $post; // backup the current object
$categories = get_the_category($post->ID);
if ($categories) {
$category_ids = array();
foreach($categories as $individual_category) $category_ids[] = $individual_category->term_id;
$args = array (
'category__in' => $category_ids,
'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
'showposts'=>6, // Number of related posts that will be shown.
'caller_get_posts'=>1
);
$my_query = new wp_query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
?>
<div>
<?php $image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'article_image', true); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink($post->ID); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" style="height: 90px; width: 90px; float: left; margin: 8px 8px 0px 0px; border: 1px black solid; padding: 0px;"></a>
</div>
<?php
endwhile;
}
$post = $backup; // copy it back
wp_reset_query(); // to use the original query again
}
?>
