So on my template for taxonomy-product_tag.php, I want to get all product id's from the Category.
Here is how I currently do it
<?php
$post_ids = array();
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'product', 'posts_per_page' => 1, 'product_cat' => 'dog-collars', 'orderby' => 'rand' );
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $loop->have_posts() ) {
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
$post_ids[] = get_the_ID();
endwhile;
} else {
echo __( 'No products found' );
}
wp_reset_query();
print_r($post_ids);
?>
I can loop through the product_cat, pull id's into an array and then further down the page I use foreach and the WC product factory to manipulate data how I want it shown for users.
My problem is I need the loop to be Dynamic based on categories, and I can't understand how to do this.
I did think I can just grab the category name from the url
<?php $actual_link = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]"; ?>
Grab it and the parse to just get the last , i.e category name, and then print into loop
But this seems like it would be a really poor way of doing it.
What I want is in the args
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'product', 'posts_per_page' => 1, 'product_cat' => 'DYNAMICHERE', 'orderby' => 'rand' );
I want to be able to populate product_cat dynamically based on the category I am on
Any help or advise / pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated
Use get_query_var( 'product_cat' ).
Related
Customizing my archive-product.php. How can I show only products within a certain category in a custom loop? This similar question, didn't solve my problem. I tried single_cat_title() to get the current category based on this question but got an error. I think I need to use get_queried_object() based on this documentation but I keep getting errors.
I tried this:
<?php
$category = single_cat_title('', false); // this returns your current category ?>
<?php
// Setup your custom query
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'product',
'product_cat' => $category,
);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
<br>
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); // Remember to reset ?>
I also tried:
`$term_name = get_queried_object()->name;`
// Setup your custom query
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'product',
'product_cat' => $term_name, );
Updated
On product category archive pages, to get the current product category term you will use:
Wordpress function get_queried_object() (to get the WP_Term Oject).
or Wordpress function get_queried_object_id() (to get the term Id).
Using directly the taxonomy parameter in a WP_Query is deprecated since WordPress 3.1. Instead you will use a tax query as follow:
<?php
// Get The queried object ( a WP_Term or a WP_Post Object)
$term = get_queried_object();
// To be sure that is a WP_Term Object to avoid errors
if( is_a($term, 'WP_Term') ) :
// Setup your custom query
$loop = new WP_Query( array(
'post_type' => 'product',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'tax_query' => array( array(
'taxonomy' => 'product_cat', // The taxonomy name
'field' => 'term_id', // Type of field ('term_id', 'slug', 'name' or 'term_taxonomy_id')
'terms' => $term->term_id, // can be an integer, a string or an array
) ),
) );
if ( $loop->have_posts() ) :
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
echo '<div style="margin:8px; text-align:center;">
<a href="'.get_the_permalink().'">';
the_post_thumbnail();
the_title();
echo '</a></div>';
endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata(); // Remember to reset
endif; endif;
?>
Tested and works.
Documentation: WP_Query and Taxonomy Parameters
I'm having trouble displaying the loop category correctly. Need display only one category in lit posts. Why the first post gets all selected categories and the next posts already have the correct display of one category. How can I make only the current selected category displayed in the first post? My code looks like this. I attached the picture.
My loop custom post
<?php
/* Start the Loop */
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'database',
'posts_per_page' => 10,
'paged' => $paged,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
'order' => 'DESC',
'orderby' => 'date');
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
This is for display one category in loop post
<?php
// Get terms for post
$terms = wp_get_post_terms( $post->ID , 'database_categories' ,$args2);
$args2 = array( 'parent' => 39,
'fields' => 'all');
// Loop over each item since it's an array
if ( $terms != null ) {
foreach( $terms as $term ) {
$term_link = get_term_link( $term, 'database_categories' );
// Print the name and URL
echo '' . $term->name . ' ';
// Get rid of the other data stored in the object, since it's not needed
unset($term);
}
}
?>
If the object here is to get the first term and ignore the rest then I would just shift off the first array element and no need for a loop on terms.
$args2 = array('parent' => 39, 'fields' => 'all');
$terms = wp_get_post_terms( $post->ID , 'database_categories' ,$args2);
if (!empty($terms)) {
$term = array_shift($terms);
echo sprintf('%s', get_term_link( $term, 'database_categories' ), $term->name);
}
I currently have the following set up:
Custom post type called "workshops"
Within the workshop post type I have a taxonomy called "workshop-status"
Workshop status subsequently has categories for example "past-event"
I have been using the code below to fetch posts within a particular post type:
<?php $loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'workshops', 'posts_per_page' => -1 ) ); ?>
<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
content here...
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>
My question is: how can I change this to fetch a post from the past-event category within my custom post type, and custom taxonomy?
My aim is to have multiple page templates and target each category individually.
I have tried changing the arrange to target the category alone, but this did not work. I cannot find an online resource on how to target all aspects.
You simply need to add the category attribute like so:
$query = new WP_Query( array( 'category_name' => 'past-event' ) );
So in your example case, this would become:
$loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'workshops', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'category_name' => 'past-event' ) );
You can do a whole load of stuff as detailed in the code
If I understand you correctly, you're looking for something like this:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'workshops',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'workshop-status',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array( 'past-event'),
'operator' => 'IN'
),
)
);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $loop->have_posts() ) :
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
//do your stuff
endwhile;
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();
I need some help here as I've exhausted every place I can trying to find information. This is what I'm trying to do:
I have created a custom Post type in my admin called "Classes"
That works fine, the data works great and it's inputting in the admin.
I want to make a custom template to show this custom post type. However, everything I try it's not displaying properly. I've tried many code variations.
I know someones already done this and has the block of code to display this. This is what I need the code to do:
List All categories in my custom post type 'classes'
List all posts (show all content, not a link or excerpt) inside of each category.
Display it as such (I'm using Jquery Accordion)
the_category()
the_title()
the_content()
========================================================
By the way, Here is the block of code I'm currently using. It does work, but it ONLY shows the posts, all of them. It does not show the category with posts inside of them.
<?php
$type = 'classes';
$args = array (
'post_type' => $type,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'paged' => $paged,
'posts_per_page' => 10,
'ignore_sticky_posts'=> 1
);
$temp = $wp_query; // assign ordinal query to temp variable for later use
$wp_query = null;
$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
if ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) :
while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post();
echo '<h3 class="acc1">';
the_title();
echo '</h3>';
echo '<div class="sc"><div class="vs">View Schedule</div>';
the_content();
echo '</div>';
endwhile;
else :
echo '<h2>Not Found</h2>';
get_search_form();
endif;
$wp_query = $temp;
?>
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What you want to do is actually start with a category query. You have to make sure you query all your categories with your custom post type:
Then for each category you would do pretty much what you have above.
$taxonomy = 'classes';
$args = array('hide_empty' => false,);
$terms = get_terms( $taxonomy, $args );
foreach($terms as $val) {
$term_id = $val->term_id;
$term_name = $val->name;
// now do post query
}
You most likely would have to display the category name as a header for your accordion as well.
Here's all the args for get_terms:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_terms
For that query you also most likely have to use a Simple Taxonomy Query (search for that on the page).
http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
By adding this arg to your above query:
'tax_query' =>
array(
'taxonomy' => 'category',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array( $term_name )
)
Is that what you were looking for?
There might be a better way to do this but I just had to recently do this and did pretty much what I just outlined here.
I should have been more clear and said to put the posts query within the foreach of the terms query.
Here's the updated answer based on your last reply (I have not tested this).
<?php
$taxonomy = 'classes';
$args = array('hide_empty' => false,);
$terms = get_terms( $taxonomy, $args );
foreach($terms as $val) {
$term_id = $val->term_id;
$term_name = $val->name;
$type = 'classes';
$args = array (
'post_type' => $type,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'paged' => $paged,
'posts_per_page' => 10,
'ignore_sticky_posts'=> 1,
'tax_query' =>
array(
'taxonomy' => 'category',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array( $term_name )
)
);
$temp = $wp_query; // assign ordinal query to temp variable for later use
$wp_query = null;
$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
if ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) :
while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post();
echo '<h3 class="acc1">';
the_title();
echo '</h3>';
echo '<div class="sc"><div class="vs">View Schedule</div>';
the_content();
echo '</div>';
endwhile;
else :
echo '<h2>Not Found</h2>';
get_search_form();
endif;
$wp_query = $temp;
}
?>
I've been searching high and low for and answer to this, but I'm not actually sure it's possible!
I have a WP_Query that pulls posts from almost everything, however, I wish to exclude a specific category and/or all it's sub categories.
Searching around people are yet to find a solution for this.
Here's my query so far:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sell_media_item',
'cat' => -98,
'orderby' => 'desc',
'paged' => $paged,
'posts_per_page' => 20
); ?>
<?php $loop = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
I thought just excluding cat 98 would grab all the sub categories too, but apparently not.
I've tried using:
category__not_in, depth=0, parent=0 and even an adaptation of this, with no luck.
Any ideas?
[EDIT]
I'm using a custom taxonomy called Collections, so putting 'collection' => 'vip' into the query means it will only show this collection. I'm thinking if there's a way of reversing this so it excludes the collection instead?
As it's not possible to list all of the categories that will appear here as they will be changing all of the time.
[EDIT 2]
After the discussion in the comments below, here's the updated code.
$ex = array(
'taxonomy' => 'collection',
'child_of' => 98,
'hide_empty' => 0
);
$categories = get_categories($ex);
$categoriesToExclude = array();
foreach ($categories as $category) {
$categoriesToExclude[] = $category->cat_ID;
}
echo('<pre>'); var_dump($categories);
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sell_media_item',
'category__not_in' => $categoriesToExclude,
'orderby' => 'desc',
'paged' => $paged,
'posts_per_page' => 20
); ?>
<?php echo('<br /><pre>'); var_dump($args); ?>
<?php $loop = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
I would get the list of all sub categories with get_categories() and then build a 'cat' exclusion array based on the results.
$args = array('parent' => 98);
$categories = get_categories($args);
$categoriesToExclude = array();
foreach ($categories as $category) {
$categoriesToExclude[] = $category->cat_ID;
}
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sell_media_item',
'category__not_in' => $categoriesToExclude,
'orderby' => 'desc',
'paged' => $paged,
'posts_per_page' => 20
); ?>
<?php $loop = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
This is just an example, you may have to modify it slightly to fit your needs.
So!
It appears I was trying to do the impossible. I couldn't get this script working for the life of me. So I tried a different angle. Instead of excluding a custom taxonomy and its terms, I decided to move all of my other terms into a parent term and just called that instead.
Here's the code if anyone's interested...
<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sell_media_item',
'taxonomy' => 'collection',
'term' => 'clubs',
'orderby' => 'desc',
'paged' => $paged,
'posts_per_page' => 20
);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : while ($loop->have_posts()) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
I wrote my own function in order to exclude subcategory posts from the loop, using tips from the above post and elsewhere.
In my theme archive.php file, above the loop, I list the subcategories (optional):
<?php
$current_cat = get_queried_object();
$args = array( 'parent'=>$current_cat->term_id, 'child_of' => $current_cat->term_id, );
$categories = get_categories( $args );
foreach($categories as $category) { ?>
<h2><?php echo $category->name ;?></h2>
<p> etc....</p>
<?php } ?>
In my functions.php file, I've added the following custom function using pre_get_posts:
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'main_query_without_subcategory_posts' );
function main_query_without_subcategory_posts( $query ) {
if ( ! is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
// Not a query for an admin page.
// It's the main query for a front end page of your site.
if ( is_category() ) {
//Get the current category
$current_category = get_queried_object();
//get the id of the current category
$current_cat_id = $current_category->term_id;
//find the children of current category
$cat_args = array( 'parent'=>$current_category->term_id, 'child_of' => $current_category->term_id, );
$subcategories = get_categories( $cat_args );
//Get a list of subcategory ids, stick a minus sign in front
$subcat_id = array();
foreach($subcategories as $subcategory) {
$subcat_id[] = " -". $subcategory->term_id;
}
//join them together as a string with a comma seperator
$excludesubcatlist = join(',', $subcat_id);
//If you have multiple parameters, use $query->set multiple times
$query->set( 'posts_per_page', '10' );
$query->set( 'cat', ''.$current_cat_id.','.$excludesubcatlist.'' );
}
}
}
Then in the archive.php, below the subcategories, I've added the regular WordPress loop which is now being modified by the above function:
<?php while (have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title();?></h2>
<p> etc....</p>
<?php endwhile;?>
Though the WordPress codex says that using "category__in" will exclude posts from subcategories, that didn't work for me and subcategory posts were still showing.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Category_Parameters
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/pre_get_posts/