Find the id for your “kayak” mpc_categories id and use that in this page template:
<?php
/*
Template Name: MPCbasedPage
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">
<?php
if (function_exists('mpc_get_categories')) {
$mpc_cats=MPC_CATEGORIES;
$mpc_page_cats=MPC_PAGES_CATEGORIES;
$querystr= "SELECT post_id FROM $mpc_page_cats
WHERE $mpc_page_cats.category_id IN ('19') //replace 19 with your mpc category id/ids '1,2,19'
LIMIT 0,4";
$catpageids = $wpdb->get_col($querystr,0);
if ($catpageids) {
$args = array(
'post__in' => $catpageids,
'post_type' => 'page'
);
$pageposts = get_posts($args);
}
}
?>
<?php if ($pageposts): ?>
<?php foreach ($pageposts as $post): ?>
<?php setup_postdata($post); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
</div>
<p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
<?php //include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Page template works with 2.8.4 and the WordPress Default theme with MPC plugin activated.
Is there an easy way to determine the mpc_categories id number?
Thanks for the amazing support on this MichaelH. It was more than expected and fully appreciated.
I explored several more plug-ins and decided Flutter might be a better approach for what I was wanting to do (and simpler for a novice coder). But for Kyle, and anyone else looking for a solution to this problem, try this code:
<?php if (is_page('your-page-to-display-cat-id-2')) { ?>
<?php
if (function_exists('mpc_get_categories')) {
$mpc_cats=MPC_CATEGORIES;
$mpc_page_cats=MPC_PAGES_CATEGORIES;
$cats = mpc_get_categories();
//Will display a list of the categories so you know which ids they have
echo '<!--';
print_r($cats);
echo '-->';
/*
SELECT post_id FROM wp_mpc_pages_categories
WHERE category_id IN ('4')
LIMIT 0,4
*/
//get category id
//This uses 2 because I want posts from cat 2 to show on this page
$category_id = 2;
//build query
$querystr = sprintf("SELECT post_id FROM %s
WHERE category_id IN ('%s')
LIMIT 0,4", $mpc_page_cats, $category_id);
//get result
$catpageids = $wpdb->get_col($querystr,0);
var_dump($catpageids);
//do we have a result?
if ( $catpageids ) {
// let's assume $catpageids is an array
$pageposts = get_pages(array(
'include' => implode(',', $catpageids)
));
/*
$args = array(
'post_in' => $catpageids,
'post_type' => 'page'
);
//http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts
$pageposts = get_posts($args);
*/
}
}
?>
<?php if ($pageposts): ?>
<?php foreach ($pageposts as $post): ?>
<?php setup_postdata($post); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
</div>
<p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
<?php //include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>
