Get Posts: Category

  • Resolved jonizen

    (@jonizen)


    17 years, 3 months ago

    Hey guys,
    When looking at a post, I need it to bring up a list of only the posts in its category. Currently it lists all posts regardless of category.

    I’ve figured out how to make it static
    $postslist = get_posts(‘category_name=news’);

    I need it to be dynamic.

    Here is my relevant code

    <ul>
  <?php
    $postslist = get_posts();
    foreach ($postslist as $post) :
    setup_postdata($post);
  ?> 

<li>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    17 years, 3 months ago

    Something for in ‘standard’ loop?

    <?php $post_cats=wp_get_post_categories($post->ID);?>
<ul>
<?php
  $args=array(
    'showposts'=>4,
    'cat'=>$post_cats[0],
    'post__not_in' => array($post->ID)
  );
    $postslist = get_posts($args);
 if ($postslist) {
    foreach ($postslist as $mypost) :
    ?>
      <li>
      <a href="<?php echo get_permalink($mypost->ID); ?>"><?php echo $mypost->post_title; ?></a>
      </li>
    <?php endforeach;
  }
?>
</ul>

    Note: might also look at similar/related posts type plugins:
    http://rmarsh.com/plugins/similar-posts/
    http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/tags/related

    Thread Starter jonizen

    (@jonizen)

    17 years, 3 months ago

    I can’t seem to get this to work Michael. The result is a link to the first post.

    I need a way to find out the current category for the post, and then I need to run a loop grabbing the posts in the same category.

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    17 years, 3 months ago

    I need a way to find out the current category for the post

    That’s this:

    <?php $post_cats=wp_get_post_categories($post->ID);?>

    and $post_cats[0] is the ID of the 1st category returned for the post (posts can have multiple categories)

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    17 years, 3 months ago

    Here’s the index.php for use with the WordPress Default Theme:

    http://wordpress.pastebin.ca/1342102

    Thread Starter jonizen

    (@jonizen)

    17 years, 3 months ago

    It works, thank you

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