query posts retrieves from category and child categries WordPress
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let's say my category setup is like this:
all news (id=1)
- bad news (id=2)
- good news (id=3)
i want to be able to get posts from all the subcategories as well as the category.
so they revamped version of:
<?php query_posts("cat=1&showposts=4"); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
would display posts in cats 1,2,and 3
how do i do that?
Answers (4)
Michael Fields answers:
That's technically how query_posts() should work. Perhaps the issue is with the 'numberposts' param? have you tried 'posts_per_page' instead?
madbadcat comments:
that's what i thought- but haven't had enough coffee and am trying to customize a themeforest theme for a non-profit. turns out the theme had a typo in the functions.php
thanks.
Michael Fields comments:
I've set up multiple sites that use categories like you are planning. One thing that I found to alleviate headaches was to never put posts in the root category ( all news ) and only assign a post to one category within the tree structure. Previous and Next navigation on single post pages can get very confusing otherwise.
madbadcat comments:
sorry
i am particularly obtuse when i have no coffee
i think i asked the wrong question
actually what's happening is that the function says this:
$categories = get_categories('hide_empty=0&orderby=name');
$wp_cats = array();
foreach ($categories as $category_list ) {
$wp_cats[$category_list->cat_ID] = $category_list->cat_name;
}
array_unshift($wp_cats, "Choose a category");
so when the index page says:
<?php query_posts("category_name=$cat_tab_2&showposts=4"); ?>
if the category name has a space in it (like news and media) the query returns nothing.
see
http://everglades.org/wp/
i thought i was tripping on what the query posts did and did not do so i focused on that but the problem seems to be about the spaces in the category name.
Tobias Nyholm answers:
<?php
$categories= get_categories('child_of=1'); //the parent category
$ids="1";//the parent category
foreach($categories as $cat){
$ids.=",".$cat->ID; //I think ID is valid..
}
query_posts("cat=$ids&showposts=4");
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
?>
<!-- more stuff-->
madbadcat comments:
sorry
i am particularly obtuse when i have no coffee
i think i asked the wrong question
actually what's happening is that the function says this:
$categories = get_categories('hide_empty=0&orderby=name');
$wp_cats = array();
foreach ($categories as $category_list ) {
$wp_cats[$category_list->cat_ID] = $category_list->cat_name;
}
array_unshift($wp_cats, "Choose a category");
so when the index page says:
<?php query_posts("category_name=$cat_tab_2&showposts=4"); ?>
if the category name has a space in it (like news and media) the query returns nothing.
see
http://everglades.org/wp/
i thought i was tripping on what the query posts did and did not do so i focused on that but the problem seems to be about the spaces in the category name.
Baki Goxhaj answers:
Just add the IDs of the categories.
This code:
<?php query_posts("cat=1&showposts=4"); ?>
Becomes:
<?php query_posts("<strong>cat=1,2,3</strong>&showposts=4"); ?>
Denzel Chia answers:
<blockquote>if the category name has a space in it (like news and media) the query returns nothing.</blockquote>
If that is the case, which I doubt it is. You can try replacing the space with a dash.
And please do not change your question again.
Thanks.