Title: Custom Category Archive
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Custom Category Archive

 *  [andywd7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andywd7/)
 * (@andywd7)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-category-archive/)
 * Hi there!
 * I am trying to create a category archive for my blog which is image based! I 
   can’t provide a link as I am developing it locally! I have it working how I want,
   kind of, but need help making it a lot better!
 * I want to display the latest post (which is an image) for each category on the
   one page and for it to act as a link to all the posts in that specific category.
   See code below for what I have so far…
 *     ```
       <div class="mainmargin" id="grid-content">
       	<div class="topline"></div>		
   
       		<div <?php post_class("post_float2") ?>>
       		<?php $category_id = get_cat_ID( 'Branding' );
       				  $category_link = get_category_link( $category_id ); ?>
       		<?php query_posts('category_name=branding&showposts=1'); ?>
       				<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       				<?php
       				$img = getAttachedImage($post->ID, "medium");
       				if ($img and $img != get_bloginfo("template_directory") . '/images/no_image.jpg') :
       				$img_size = getimagesize($img);
       				?>
   
       				<a class="img_link" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php echo $category_link; ?>" title="Branding"><img class="fade attached" src="<?php echo $img; ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" <?php echo $img_size[3]; ?> /></a>
       				<?php endif; ?>
               <?php endwhile; ?>
   
       	</div>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * This displays the latest image in Branding Category and links to all the Branding
   images but the only way I can get it to work for more categories is to just duplicate
   the same php code and link that is within the divs, just changing the category
   name each time.
 * I’m sure this isn’t the best way to do it so I am asking for help to make this
   code more efficient. Is there a way that I don’t have to duplicate the same code
   again and again for each category!?
 * Thank you for anyone’s help and/or solutions

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-category-archive/)
 * Status: not resolved

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