You need get_categories() with an include argument: if (isset($_GET[‘cat’])) { $this_category = get_categories( array( ‘include’ => $_GET[‘cat’] ) ); var_dump($this_category); } You will get an array of stdClass objects containing category data. There are several ways to parse that but this might do: if (isset($_GET[‘cat’])) { $this_category = get_categories( array( ‘include’ => $_GET[‘cat’] ) ); … Read more
You can create a custom template in the theme and give options for each category to select the template. The custom fields for a category can be added using, ‘Advanced Custom fields’ plugin or you can refer this article. Once you do this, you need to edit the ‘category.php’ file, to set the template for … Read more
Custom Homepage As Single Page or Custom Post Type?
I don’t really know what you mean by “using the WordPress API in a site as opposed to making it a theme” but I am assuming you mean something like “use the backend but not the front facing stuff”. So, given that, yes you can, but a lot of things will not work. There are … Read more
The simplest solution: echo get_the_category_list( ‘, ‘ ); Following your way: Change your $args like so: $args = array( ‘template’ => ‘%2$l’, ‘term_template’ => ‘%2$s’, ); And then, add this to your functions.php file (this will affect all %l markers!); add_filter( ‘wp_sprintf_l’, function($templates) { // $templates[‘between_last_two’] = sprintf( __(‘%s, and %s’), ”, ” ); // … Read more
Using require_once for parent-directory not working but is working in sub-directories
Redirect to different template other than single-custompost.php
… from a custom WordPress page template to my child theme functions.php file… You can’t. And a global variable won’t help. The theme’s functions.php file loads first, before any other templates load. You can’t pass variables backwards to something that has already loaded. What I think you want to do, based on what your code … Read more
How to change post template via url?
Template included with plugin doesn’t return all posts for custom taxonomy