Echo shortcode if post is in specific category

  • theplastickid

    (@theplastickid)


    7 years, 11 months ago

    I’m trying to output a shortcode on the condition that the post belongs to a specific category.

    Anyone know why this may not be working?

    <?php
	if (in_category('travel')) {
	    echo do_shortcode( '[cta id="3919"]' );
	else {
		// do nothing
	}
?>
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  • Clarion Technologies

    (@clarionwpdeveloper)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I think you are looking similar to this.

    <?php
    if(has_category(‘travel’)){
    echo do_shortcode( ‘[cta id=”3919″]’ );
    }
    else{
    //your other stuffs here
    }
    ?>

    Thanks

    Thread Starter theplastickid

    (@theplastickid)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks for the reply, seems to have done the trick.

    Do you know is there any way to test if the category is the primary category, when using the has_category function?

    I am using this code to loop through categories and output a different shortcode depending on which category the post belongs to.

    My problem is that some posts belong to more than one top level category so I need to only take a single primary category into consideration.

    <?php
	if(has_category('travel')){
		echo do_shortcode( '[cta id="3919"]' );
	}
	elseif(has_category('freelancing')){
		echo do_shortcode( '[cta id="3949"]' );
	}
	else {

	}
?>
    Clarion Technologies

    (@clarionwpdeveloper)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    If you want to check multiple categories then you can do it in the following way.

    <?php
    if(has_category(array(‘travel’,’freelancing’,’another category’))){
    echo do_shortcode( ‘[cta id=”3919″]’ );
    }
    else{
    //your other stuffs here
    }
    ?>

    Thanks

    Thread Starter theplastickid

    (@theplastickid)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks for your comment Clarion but this doesn’t solve the issue.

    I don’t need to check for multiple categories, I just need to check to see what is the primary category.

    Clarion Technologies

    (@clarionwpdeveloper)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I think you should have a look at this.

    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/determining-whether-a-category-is-top-level-or-not?replies=3

    thanks

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