What exactly is happening? You’re missing a closing bracket (and have an extra one in the wrong place) on your if/else statement.
Try this:
<?php
$the_query = new WP_Query('cat=39&showposts=3&post_type=listings')
if($the_query->found_posts == 0){
for($i=1; $i<=3; $i++){echo dummy_listings();
}else{
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
}
?>
Thread Starter
Jessi
(@wbjtk)
that was only a snippet of the code, it works fine and came that way in the theme. so i will leave it as is…
i’ve tried adding cat=39 before showposts=3 and it doesn’t do what i want it to
any other ideas?
Oh ok… if it’s a snippet.. leave it be.
Ummm.. try the category name?
$the_query = new WP_Query('category_name=sample&showposts=3&post_type=listings')
Thread Starter
Jessi
(@wbjtk)
thanks for your help josh. the “category” i want to use is a taxonomy (i have no idea what it all means, newbie here)- does that make a difference. would it be something other than a category?
Lol – Yes.
Okay, give this a quick read and it should help you:
https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Taxonomy_Parameters
Let me know if you get stuck.
Thread Starter
Jessi
(@wbjtk)
oooooooh ok im learning as we go here lol
a taxonomy is what a category class is???
so i couldn’t understand that page for the life of me but my taxonomy is in functions.php here:
register_taxonomy(
'sample',
'listings',
array(
'hierarchical' => true,
'label' => 'Sample Listings',
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'sample')
)
);
would i be putting sample=sample before the showposts=3 ???
so grateful for your help
Thread Starter
Jessi
(@wbjtk)
ok i answered my own question lol!
$the_query = new WP_Query('sample=sample&showposts=3&post_type=listings')
lesson learnt haha thanks josh
Here… let’s try changing the above code (original paste) to this:
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'listings',
'showposts' => 3,
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'sample'
)
)
);
$the_query = new WP_Query($args) ?>
<?php if($the_query->found_posts == 0){
for($i=1; $i<=3; $i++){echo dummy_listings();}
}else{ ?>
<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();?>
Be sure to backup before making the change. This is untested.
Lol – or do it that way 😉
Glad you got it working!
