First define a function to return the first post of a category by a given category ID ex: function get_category_post($cat_id){ $post_args = array( ‘numberposts’ => 1, ‘category’ => $cat_id, ‘fields’ => ‘ids’ ); $posts = get_posts($post_args); return $posts[0]; } Then, once you have that function you can use it like this: function outputXMLFeed() { echo … Read more
Flat category URLs but retaining hierarchy?
How to make the link to the category for a post go to corresponding page number in archive?
Refine/Filter the Search Results by Category
I’m not sure if this question is correctly tagged since you mentioned you’re using the Categories Widget. The tag is for the List Category Posts plugin. Using the plugin, the first possible thing that comes to my mind is using the few available date parameters: monthnum and year – List posts from a certain year … Read more
Creating Category Specific menus
You can use the get_posts() function and create a custom template file for that! This way you can take advantage of all the arguments that function makes use of. For example, to show all posts from a category that has id=47 you would do the following: <ul> <?php global $post; $args = array( ‘numberposts’ => … Read more
Multiple category selection in post, shows less important category in breadcrumb
The first two methods aren’t working because the ‘cat=” and “category__and’ query variables are only for the standard post type (built in) Category taxonomy conditions. The 3rd method is nested in multiple foreach loops which could be the cause of the duplication. I think it will work like you want if you just remove both … Read more
Displaying Child Categories in carousel