Only displaying posts from certain categories

mtx212s
(@mtx212s)

15 years, 3 months ago

I’m currently working on a website using a main content section as well as separate “featured” columns. I have a handful of categories created, and within the columns I’d like to only display posts from certain categories (for example, I have a “Coach’s Column” and in that column, I would only like to display posts categorized as so). I’ve found a way to exclude posts, but is there a way to only include certain post categories?

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stvwlf

(@stvwlf)

15 years, 3 months ago

yes

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Category_Parameters

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mtx212s

(@mtx212s)

15 years, 3 months ago

Got it working. Now I need to limit the post amount displayed, but I can’t get it to work properly with the ‘showposts=3’ tag.

stvwlf

(@stvwlf)

15 years, 3 months ago

the syntax has changed to posts_per_page=3

don’t know if that will change your results though

you can post the code from your query and loop if you like

use a pastebin if its long

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mtx212s

(@mtx212s)

15 years, 3 months ago

<?php $temp_query = $wp_query; ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=6,7,8,9,10,11,12'); ?>
 <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

          <?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?>

          <div>
             <h4 class="storytitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
             <div class="meta"></div>

             <div class="storycontent">
                 <?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?>
             </div>

             <div class="feedback">
                 <?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
                 <?php comments_popup_link(__('Comments (0)'), __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)')); ?>
             </div>

          </div>

          <?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>

          <?php endwhile; else: ?>
             <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
          <?php endif; ?>

          <?php posts_nav_link(' — ', __('&laquo; Newer Posts'), __('Older Posts &raquo;')); ?>

          <?php wp_footer(); ?>

        </div>

        </div>

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