The problem is the shortcode (just like any other shortcode) is displayed when the_content() is used to display the post content, and normally themes do this in single template. In themes, normally, insted of print the content is used the_excerpt() that strips out html and shortcodes. Sure you can edit your category archive to use … Read more
take a look at wp_term_taxonomy table you will see a column called taxonomy, categories has “category” taxonomy in the field for each category and tags has “post_tag” taxonomy, custom defined taxonomies are also working this way.
Hook ‘template_redirect’ action hook and redirect if in category using wp_redirect add_action(‘template_redirect’, ‘no_cat_archives’); function no_cat_archives() { if ( is_category() ) { wp_redirect( home_url(), 301 ); exit(); } }
Yes, you don’t need a custom taxonomy, but a custom post type for courses, and probably a custom taxonomy for courses categories. In WordPress post types are containers for a certain type of information: every information type is a post type. E.g. Posts are a type and Pages are another type. Every post type (container) … Read more
Your foreach is closed prematurely. foreach( $categories as $catergory ) { // query args $args = array( // args ); } // generate the loop $the_query = new WP_Query ( $args ); // output the loop while ( $the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); // Loop markup endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); You’re saying: Step through each of the categories; for … Read more
You can use in search query wp public query vars. When searching in multiple categories, wordpress accepts comma separated category ids in url &cat=1,2,5 Now I can come up with only such simple solution. Get rid of wp_dropdown_categories use e.g. get_categories, so you can customize SELECT attribute name into cat[] (which is also possible with … Read more
Either use http referer or pass own param with your urls determining referring category. The first option seems better to me. The //check, whether a user does not access a page directly if(isset($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’])) { //get category object $category = get_category_by_path($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’], false); //if category URL was passed if(NULL !== $category) echo $category->name; //otherwise get your random … Read more
First, you want to get the tags that the post in question already has. To do this, use <?php wp_get_post_tags( $post_id, $args ) ?> Then use WP_Query to grab the posts that have the tag in question: $query = new WP_Query( ‘$post_id’ ); Here is a sample of how it might work by creating a … Read more
Changing: $args = array ( ‘category__and’ => $cats ); to: $args = array ( ‘category__in’ => $cats ); Does the trick.
One easy way is to use has_category function. E.g. in your header you can use if ( has_category(‘pirtek’) ) { $header=”/path/to/pirtek/header” } else { $header=”/path/to/standard/header” } If the post has the ‘kirtek’ category, then the condition inside if is true, no matter what other categories the post belongs to. This kind of if statement can … Read more