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1. courtneyelizabeth
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I didnt realize finding info on this would be kind of confusing. I've been working with WP for about 2 years now, but I've never had to list all of the posts from one category on a PAGE.

   What I'd like:

   PAGE NAME
   PAGE INFORMATION
   ----------------------
   ALL POSTS FROM CATEGORY 7

   I've seen lots of threads and read the codex, but everytime i input the PHP code using "Edit Page" and select the "Execute PHP Code" box, it STILL doesnt work.

   Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
   ------------------------------------------
   Simple terms:

   I just want to display all of the posts from a category on a single page without losing the page content.

2. nelly
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   If you're happy to get your hands dirty, this will do the job for you. I'm no WP expert so this may not be the most elegant solution, but it will do what you want.

   Edit page.php in your theme folder to include the following before the closing </div>:

   <?php if($page_id==11) : ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=2'); ?>


   Change the number 11 to the correct ID for your page, and change the number 2 to the correct ID for the category you want to display.

   Then add the following, which is just the standard post display lifted from index.php:<

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
</div>
<p class="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?>

   </div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

   and then close the IF statement that I added
   
<?php endif; ?>


   That should do the job.
   Cheers
   n

3. biffta
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   This worked great for me EXCEPT I had to use

   if($post->ID==11)

   instead of

   if($page_id==11)

   Hope that helps!

4. Wraith
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Ok, I added what you said to page.php, but where does the other stuff go?

5. Wraith
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I figured it out, thanks to all of you, I've been looking for a way to do this for months! Is there any way to make another page with another category?

   Thanks!

   p.s. For those of you that had the same question as me, it all goes in page.php.

6. Bonnie
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Thanks to Wraith for bringing this up to the top - I had searched and searched for a solution for this and was just about to post, but noticed this at the top of the page.

   Thank you nelly for posting the solution - much appreciated!

7. Chris_K
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Don't be afraid of Category_Templates either. They're built in to WP and require no "hacking."

8. Bonnie
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I use category templates as well, but it's sometimes necessary to have a separate page if you want two category archives. For example, I have my film reviews section customised using the category template (listed in descending chronological order, 5 per page), but I need a second page for an alphabetised list of all films on one page. This did the trick nicely, and didn't require hacking - all it involved was making a new template. Not hacking at all. :)

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