Using custom fields to define the category ID query

  • Resolved lawrencebrown

    (@lawrencebrown)


    15 years, 8 months ago

    Hello

    I am trying to create a Page Template with a query that the category ID can be defined by the custom field. This is currently where I am at with the code:

    <?php
$temp = $wp_query;
$wp_query= null;
$wp_query = new WP_Query();
$newID = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'catID', true);
$wp_query->query('cat=<?php echo $newID; ?>&showposts=10'.'&paged='.$paged);
?>
<?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>

    So the idea was to get the ‘newID’ custom field from the page and use this in the loop. This would in effect allow the site users to create their own pages with custom loops on the fly.

    Any ideas – can this be done this way?

    Thanks for your time

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  • Thread Starter lawrencebrown

    (@lawrencebrown)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    I found a resolution:

    <?php
$temp = $wp_query;
$wp_query= null;
$wp_query = new WP_Query();
$newID = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'catID', true);
$wp_query->query('cat='.$newID.'&showposts=10'.'&paged='.$paged);
?>

    So this allows you to put just the ID number of a cat into a custom field and it will create a loop for you in that custom page.

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