WordPress 3.5 how to determine if user is on category listing or category edit screen?
if(is_admin() && isset($_GET[‘taxonomy’]) && $_GET[‘taxonomy’] == ‘category’ && isset($_GET[‘tag_ID’]) { // place your code here }
categories
get posts from 2 categories. (2 posts)
Now try this, surely it will work query_posts(“cat=1, 2&showposts=5&post_type=item”); while(have_posts()) : the_post(); echo $title = get_the_title(); echo $content = get_the_content(); endwhile;
How to display the posts belonging to a paticular category
Use the following codes in the page.php file or in the home page template if you have created any. Use Child theme to edit your theme files if( is_home() || is_front_page() ) { $args = array( ‘posts_per_page’ => -1, // To show all the posts ‘cat’ => cat_id // Replace cat_id with the actual category … Read more
Chained drop-down menu for custom taxonomy using chained.js
Code is here: WordPress chained categories I write the same code for categories. You can edit for your needs. I used the that js plugin: http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/chained
comments_number fails to print
use it for comment number <?php comments_number( ‘no responses’, ‘one response’, ‘% responses’ ); ?>
How do I add and display a custom image field to a category? [duplicate]
I have used ACF – Advanced Custom Fields for this multiple times ( http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/how-to-get-values-from-a-taxonomy-term/ ). The problem with taxonomy images & other custom fields is that the values are stored in wp_options table. In bigger sites this will populate the wp_options table a lot and is probably not the most efficient way to store data. … Read more
Random post order into Category Pages
You can use the following line of code in your category.php file for Random posts. <ul> <?php $posts = get_posts(‘orderby=rand&numberposts=5’); foreach($posts as $post) { ?> <li><a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/169519/<?php the_permalink(); ?>” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a> </li> <?php } ?> </ul> </li>
Category Template – to be editable from the backend?
I used this plugin and it does the job. Now I can design my category pages from my admin backend using my page builder.
Custom Woocommerce Category view
If you create your own shortcode based on the product category shortcode function duck_product_categories( $atts ) { global $woocommerce_loop; $atts = shortcode_atts( array( ‘number’ => null, ‘orderby’ => ‘name’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘columns’ => ‘4’, ‘hide_empty’ => 1, ‘parent’ => ”, ‘ids’ => ” ), $atts ); if ( isset( $atts[‘ids’] ) ) { $ids … Read more
Back to category link
Use echo get_cat_name( $cat ); instead of the_category() inside the link. the_category() returns a link, so you will have a link within a link.