Here’s an example to consider:
In a sidebar, if single post, for the first category of that post, display 5 posts in that category, excluding the single post.
<?php
if ( is_single() ) {
$cats = wp_get_post_categories($post->ID);
if ($cats) {
$first_cat = $cats[0];
$args=array(
'cat' => $first_cat,
'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
'showposts'=>5,
'caller_get_posts'=>1
);
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
echo 'Related Posts';
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php
endwhile;
} //if ($my_query)
} //if ($cats)
wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
} //if (is_single())
?>
Related:
http://wordpress.org/search/category+single+sidebar?forums=1
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/257858?replies=4
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/179138?replies=4
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/252228
Thread Starter
MTV
(@mtv)
Hi Michael,
Can you help me to integrate your code with this one please. I was trying to echo category’s name instead of static text but it won’t work
<?php global $post; $categories = get_the_category(); foreach ($categories as $category) :?>
<li><h2>More Posts from <?php echo $category->name; ?></h2>
<ul class="recent_article">
<?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&category='. $category->term_id); foreach($posts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
<li>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<div class="content"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"></a><?php the_content(); ?></div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
Appreciated it
Let you play with the formatting:
<?php
if ( is_single() ) {
$categories = get_the_category();
if ($categories) {
foreach ($categories as $category) {
$cat = $category->cat_ID;
$args=array(
'cat' => $cat,
'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
'showposts'=>5,
'caller_get_posts'=>1
);
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
echo '<h2>More Posts from '. $category->category_description . '</h2>';
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php
endwhile;
} //if ($my_query)
} //foreach ($categories
} //if ($categories)
wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
} //if (is_single())
?>
