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1. brittgamil
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I think I am close to figuring out my issue, and my problem is probably just sematics.

   On a Page, after the loop I want to Query 5 posts with their feature images from a specific category ID. The Category ID is coming from a custom field.

   The below code works except for 1 thing... It isn't narrowing the query by the Category ID. IT is only showing the 5 most recent posts.

   Thanks for any help!

   <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)
        ): ?>    
   
       <?php
       $args=array(
         'showposts' => 5,
         'cat' => echo $Category_ID,
   
   );
       $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
       if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   <div class="child-thumb">
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
           <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
        </div>
         <?php
         endwhile;
       } //if ($my_query)
   
   ?>
   <?php wp_reset_query() ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

2. MAS
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)
        ): 
   
         $Category_ID = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)
       $args=array(
         'showposts' => 5,
         'cat' => $Category_ID,
   
   );
       $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
       if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   <div class="child-thumb">
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
           <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
        </div>
         <?php
         endwhile;
       } //if ($my_query)
   
   ?>
   <?php wp_reset_query() ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

3. sputnick3k
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   This is close to MY issue if I could jump in! I am using a nested loop. I want to use the parent post to define a TAG in the custom field that i can use to pull other posts in.

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
                           <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                               <li>
                                  <?php $my_query = new WP_Query( "tag=CUSTOM_FIELD" );
                                  if ( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
                                      while ( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
                                          $my_query->the_post();
                                          the_content();
                                      }
                                  }
                                  wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
                               </li>
                           <?php endwhile; ?>
                       <?php endif; ?>

   I was thinking if it's easier i wouldn't mind using the post title instead. example ( "tag=single_post_title" )

   Any ideas?

4. brittgamil
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I was able to get the code to work with a change in the arguments. The reason that it wasn't working was that the $Category_ID didn't bring in any information

   This does work:
   

   <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)
        ): ?>    
   
       <?php
       $args=array(
         'showposts' => 5,
       'cat' => get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)
   
   );
   
       $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
   
       if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   <div class="child-thumb">
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
           <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
        </div>
         <?php
         endwhile;
       } //if ($my_query)
   
   ?>
   <?php wp_reset_query() ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   I changed $Category_ID to calling the actual content from my custom field by using get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)

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