I am new to Wordpress and been pulling my hair out trying to create a category loop. The loop is supposed to:
- loop through all categories
- echo out the category name (with link to
- echo out the last 5 posts in that category (with permalink to post)
The html for each would be
<div class="cat_wrap">
<div class="cat_name">
<a href="<?php get_category_link( $category_id ); ?>">Cat Name</a>
</div>
<ul class="cat_items">
<li class="cat_item">
<a href="permalink">cat item 1</a>
</li>
<li class="cat_item">
<a href="permalink">cat item 2</a>
</li>
<li class="cat_item">
<a href="permalink">cat item 3</a>
</li>
<li class="cat_item">
<a href="permalink">cat item 4</a>
</li>
<li class="cat_item">
<a href="permalink">cat item 5</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Please help
Oops, missed that you wanted 5 posts
<?php
//for each category, show 5 posts
$cat_args=array(
'orderby' => 'name',
'order' => 'ASC'
);
$categories=get_categories($cat_args);
foreach($categories as $category) {
$args=array(
'showposts' => 5,
'category__in' => array($category->term_id),
'caller_get_posts'=>1
);
$posts=get_posts($args);
if ($posts) {
echo '<p>Category: <a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a> </p> ';
foreach($posts as $post) {
setup_postdata($post); ?>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php
} // foreach($posts
} // if ($posts
} // foreach($categories
?>
Hy keeping things simple here is how you can solve it
<?php wp_list_categories('show_count=1&title_li=<h2>Categories</h2>'); ?>
I have made this bit of code to loop through the nested categories. Sharing.
//Start on the category of your choice
ShowCategories(0);
function ShowCategories($parent_category) {
$categories = get_categories(array('parent' => $parent_category, 'hide_empty' => 0));
foreach ($categories as $category) {
?><ul><li><?=$category->cat_name;?><?
ShowCategories($category->cat_ID);
?></li></ul><?
}
}
Take a look at this other Stackoverflow thread:
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/346/loop-through-custom-taxonomies-and-display-posts/233948#233948
I posted an answer that I use in production and works like a charm.
Just remember to adjust the arguments to display only 5 posts, instead of all.
$args = array( 'showposts' => 5 );
Add 'showposts' => 5 to your current array of arguments in the loop that iterates through the posts of each category.