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1. pixeline
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi!

   My blog's main menu is made of the categories, displayed via the wp_list_categories() function.

   If i click on one of the categories, the current category is highlighted in the category menu, and the list of articles inside that category are listed. Everything is fine.

   But if i then click on one article, the Category menu does not show the current category anymore (the .current_cat css class is not added to the current category). Anyone knows how i could fix that?

   Here is the code i use to generate the menu in the sidebar.

   <?php
   wp_list_categories('child_of=55&parent=55&sort_column=menu_order&sort_order=asc&title_li=');
   ?>

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   as a post could have several categories, i would try and write a function to highlight each of these (rough outline of the idea):
   get the list of categories into an array (with 'echo=0');
   get the categories of the post (get_category($post->ID)- or so, syntax not checked);
   sort through the list and add the current-cat style to the matching list item(s);
   echo each array item.

   call this function in single.php instead of wp_list_categories ;-)

3. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   check this:
   http://www.designshard.com/video-tutorials/highlight-wordpress-category-when-on-a-single-post-tutorial/

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   here is another one - brand new:
   http://www.studiograsshopper.ch/code-snippets/dynamic-category-menu-highlighting-for-single-posts/

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