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1. zandercent
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   I am currently displaying a menu of all posts within a category archive using the following

   ?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <ul id="navlist">
   <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>" ><?php the_title(); ?> </a></li>
   </ul>
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   The idea is to create a menu from the posts in a category. The problem is when you click on a post you move away from the archive, meaning the menu disappears. Is there any way to change what post is displaying WITHIN the archive, rather than navigating away to a single post... or for the new single page to show the menu list from the category id we have just navigated away from?

   does that make sense?!

   thanks!

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2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   or for the new single page to show the menu list from the category id we have just navigated away from?

   A possible plugin:
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/related-links-by-category/

   Or something like:
   

   <?php
   if ( is_single() ) {
     $cats = wp_get_post_categories($post->ID);
       if ($cats) {
       $first_cat = $cats[0];
       $args=array(
         'cat' => $first_cat,
         'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
         'showposts'=>5,
         'caller_get_posts'=>1
       );
       $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
       if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
         echo 'Related Posts';
         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
           <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
          <?php
         endwhile;
       } //if ($my_query)
     } //if ($cats)
     wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
   } //if (is_single())
   ?>

3. zandercent
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi

   Thanks for this - its incredibly close to what I'm after - unfortunately the related post function seems to call the newest category created - is there any way to make it show the last category viewed?

   thanks again!!

4. notreallysure
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   you need to add the order by descending as seen here, i believe

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_categories

5. zandercent
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   This is all working as I hoped it would now, I ended up hacking the database to re-order the categories, not ideal but its worked... so thanks for your help.

   Only one more question, how do I get MichaelH's code above to display the category name instead of 'Related Posts'.

   Thanks

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