Selecting multiple options onclick

this isn’t a WordPress thing, just an issue with your JS. this: jQuery(“select[name^=’post_author’]”).attr(‘selectedIndex’,selected); should be: jQuery(“select[name^=’post_author’]”).val(selected).attr(‘selected’,’selected’);

Help with a get_categories () drop down menu – I want it to show in heirachial form

wp_dropdown_categories has a hierarchical and depth options available. $args = array( ‘show_option_all’ => ‘All Tshirt Categories’, ‘orderby’ => ‘ID’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘hide_empty’ => 1, ‘child_of’ => 0, ‘hierarchical’ => 1, ‘depth’ => 1, ‘taxonomy’ => ‘tshirt_categories’, ‘hide_if_empty’ => false ); ?> <h2>By Category</h2> <form action=”<?php bloginfo(‘url’); ?>” method=”get”> <div> <?php wp_dropdown_categories($args); ?> <input type=”submit” … Read more

Compare current post Category in select menu

OMG – i falied to clean “$selected” value… hope this helps someone if you get confused for a moment like i did <?php $postId = $_POST[‘postid’]; // the value is recieved properly $currentCategory = get_the_category($postId); // the value is recieved properly $currentCategoryId = $currentCategory[0]->term_id; // the value is assigned properly $categories = get_categories(‘hide_empty=0’); // the … Read more

Theme Option select values

There’re several things to note: get_settings() is deprecated and get_option() should be used instead WordPress comes with a function named select() that takes three arguments: Saved value, looped value, echo You’re better off saving your key, than the HTML capable “title” element in your options. It’s much safer to save in the DB an easier … Read more

Select From wpdb – Author/User Directory page

You’re probably better off to use get_users which returns an array of <?php // get all users, regardless of roll. If you do need to restrict by // role you can use the `role` argument: get_users(array(‘role’ => ‘author’)); $uses = get_users(array(‘orderby’ => ‘nicename’)); foreach ($users as $user) { // do stuff with $user, will have … Read more