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1. Patrick Orr
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hey All,
   I've been trying to set up a page template that will include a sidebar displaying post information from a certain category.

   I can display the posts fine, but I cannot make it only use the categories(that I set when I publish the post).

   Here is what I have so far:

   <?php
            global $post;
            $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=news&category=news');
            foreach($myposts as $post) :
              setup_postdata($post);
            ?>
   
            <div class="excerpt">
                <div class="excerpttitle">
                   <?php the_title();?>
                </div>
                <div class="thumbnail">
                       <?php the_post_thumbnail( 'thumbnail' ); ?>
                </div>
                <div class="excerpttext">
                       <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
                </div>
                <span class="readmore"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read More</a></span>
            </div>
            <?php endforeach; ?>

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   $category
   (integer) (optional) Only show posts from this category ID. Making the category ID negative (-3 rather than 3) will show results not matching that category ID. Multiple category IDs can be specified by separating the category IDs with commas - but an array of IDs does not work.
   Default: None
   $category_name
   (string) (optional) Only show posts from this category name or category slug.
   Default: None

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts#Parameters:_WordPress_2.5_And_Older

3. Patrick Orr
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for posting the codex...unfortunately I have already read this which lead me to posting on the forum.

   I am wondering why category is supposed to be an integer when you specify anything to be the category name(in the WP user interface). Do I really need to name all my categories numerically?

   I am guessing that I am getting something confused between the category name and the category ID.... Anyone have an idea?

   Thanks in advance:)

4. rakemyleaves
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   In Firefox, mouse over a category name/link and its ID will appear in the url on the bottom browser bar. Right click and copy url to see id in other browsers.

   *edit- in the admin interface, not on the actual site.

5. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you can use a category name - but you have to use:

   $category_name
   (string) (optional) Only show posts from this category name or category slug.
   Default: None

   (this was part of the quote in my last reply)

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