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I would like to second this thank you. This solution has also worked perfectly for me, so far. Now I’m wondering if I can make this more efficient…

Using page name variable to show a category of posts

I also dynamic sidebar that changes depending on the page. I’m creating categories so that there is a category name that corresponds with each page slug, and then using “if is_page” to show the posts in the related category.

For example:
page slug = about
post category name = about

Since I have over 20 pages, I would rather not have 20+ if then statements. I would rather figure out a way to have one if-then statement that places the current page slug into both the the IF IS_PAGE, part of the statement and the new WP_Query(“category_name=about”).

I am new to php and database programming as a whole, but it seems like there would be a logical way to do this by creating a variable and putting it in both parts of the query. I’ve seen a few posts on the forum that are along the same lines, but I can’t figure it out.

Basically, automate the if then statement below, so that I only write it once:

if (is_HOME()) {

 $my_query = new WP_Query("category_name=HOME");
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
  $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
 the_title();
  the_content('More...');
   endwhile;
}   elseif (is_page()) {

        if (is_page('ABOUT')) {

 $my_query = new WP_Query("category_name=ABOUT");
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
  $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
the_title('<h3>', '</h3>');
  the_content('Read more about this client & others&raquo;');
   endwhile;

etc…

Thanks in advance for your help!