How to get “cat=>” working

Hi Shaylee,
Thanks for your quick reply.
I’ve already tried that! but I’m trying this by coding
I’ve also tried getting the same listing from posts and pages by the same methods and with the same results –
cat=>anynumber returns no results
cat=>’ ‘ returns a complete list
and I can’t figure this out!

Hi Shaylee,
Thanks for taking the time.
This was the third method I tried (code below).
I was trying to follow a YouTube tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw3jRE8IslM) and hit a brick wall.

<?php /* Template Name: CodePageTemplate */ ?>
//Category loop One starts here
<?php
$opinionPosts = new WP_Query(‘cat=>46’);
query_posts(‘post_type=edd_download’);
if ($opinionPosts->have_posts()) :
while ($opinionPosts->have_posts()): $opinionPosts->the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php endwhile;
else :
//Here
endif;
?>

//Category loop Two starts here
<?php
$querypaul = Array(‘cat=>46 ‘);
$opinionPosts = new WP_Query( $querypaul );
if ($opinionPosts->have_posts()) :
while ($opinionPosts->have_posts()): $opinionPosts->the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php endwhile;
else :
//Here
endif;
?>

//Category loop Three starts here
<?php
query_posts(array(
‘post_type’ => ‘download’,
‘cat’ => ’46’,
‘showposts’ => 100
) );
?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2>“><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<p><?php echo get_the_excerpt(); ?></p>
<?php endwhile;?>

Sorry Shaylee, still no luck.
Code sets one,two & four all give ten posts (not dowloads)
Code set three gives the same list of all downloads
I’m packing up for the night!
Thanks for all your help

<?php /* Template Name: CodePageTemplate */ ?>
//Category loop One starts here
<?php
$opinionPosts = new WP_Query(‘cat= ‘);
query_posts(‘post_type=download’);
if ($opinionPosts->have_posts()) :
while ($opinionPosts->have_posts()): $opinionPosts->the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php endwhile;
else :
//Here
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>

//Category loop Two starts here
<?php
$querypaul = Array(‘cat=> ‘);
$opinionPosts = new WP_Query( $querypaul );
if ($opinionPosts->have_posts()) :
while ($opinionPosts->have_posts()): $opinionPosts->the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php endwhile;
else :
//Here
endif;

?>

//Category loop Three starts here
<?php
query_posts(array(
‘post_type’ => ‘download’,
‘cat’=> ”,
‘showposts’ => 100
) );
?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2>“><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<p><?php echo get_the_excerpt(); ?></p>
<?php endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>

//Category loop Four starts here
<?php
$args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘download’, ‘cat’ => 112 , ‘showposts’ => 10);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );

if ($opinionPosts->have_posts()) :
while ($opinionPosts->have_posts()): $opinionPosts->the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php endwhile;
else :
//Here
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>

Hi Bcworkz,
Thanks for your reply.
I’ve ended up with the code below,
I’ve tried this with post_type=> page/post/portfolio and download (edd_download gives a blank page), and using tag instead of cat, with the same results:
‘cat’=> ‘ ‘ returns a list of all downloads(or pages, posts etc)
‘cat’=> ‘anynumber‘ returns a blank page
Beats me
Paul

//Category loop Four starts here
<?php
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'download', 'cat' => ' '  , 'posts_per_page' => -1);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );

if ($loop->have_posts()) :
while ($loop->have_posts()): $loop->the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php endwhile;
else : 
//Here
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>

(Apologies, I’m sure I’m not the only person who didn’t know about highlighting code)

Hi,
I’m confused!
Your code:

$args = array( 'post_type' => array(
    'post',
    'page',
    'portfolio',
    'download',),   <<<<<added line
       'cat' => 112  , 'posts_per_page' => -1,);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );

Returns a blank page
However, moving the “),”

$args = array( 'post_type' => array(
    'post',
    'page',
    'portfolio',
    'download',
       'cat' => 112  , 'posts_per_page' => -1,),); 

Returns what looks like a random selection of file names (including Process.php) – and it seems to ignore the last line.
Weird, maybe it’s my theme.

Hi there,
Thanks for all your trouble
I’ve changed the line in the wp-config.php file and got a few messages but nothing to do with this query
(“Notice: wp_register_script was called incorrectly. Scripts and styles should not be registered or enqueued until the wp_enqueue_scripts, admin_enqueue_scripts, or login_enqueue_scripts hooks. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 3.3.0.) in /home/k21ageingdj/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4146.”)
I’ve also made the other changes you suggested which gave a result of:

//Category loop Five starts here
Query failed to find posts matching the criteria
Proper product slug name: download

The code I ended up with is:

//Category loop Five starts here<br>
<?php
$args = array( 'post_type' => array(
    'post',
    'page',
    'portfolio',
    'download'),
       'cat' => '112', 'posts_per_page' => 10,);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );

if ($loop->have_posts()) :
while ($loop->have_posts()): $loop->the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php endwhile;
else : 
echo 'Query failed to find posts matching the criteria <br>';
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();
$product = get_post( 4290 ); //replace 123 with an actual product post ID
echo "Proper product slug name: {$product->post_type}<br>\n";
?>