Static Category Page & Related Posts

<?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost'); ?>

Show post titles (above) or just add in another loop (below) for more flexibility

<ul>				

<?php $loop2 = new WP_Query( 'posts_per_page=200&cat=3&ignore_sticky_posts=1' ); ?>

<?php if ( $loop2->have_posts( ) ) :  while ( $loop2->have_posts( ) ) : $loop2->the_post( ); ?>

<li><a class="most-recent" href="<?php the_permalink( ) ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute( ); ?>"><?php the_title_attribute( );?>

<?php endwhile; ?>   

<?php else : ?>  

<p> Sorry, no posts were found! </p>

<?php endif; ?> 

<?php wp_reset_query( );?>
</ul>

Thanks for that Richard.

I’m afraid to say though that it looks outside my comfort zone.

I’ve continued to look into this after posting my question.

Do you think I can get away with just using the Custom Menu?

This way I can have PAGE1 -> post1, post2, post3…PAGE2 -> post4, post5, post6…etc. in one of my navigation bars?

Kevin

Yes, but you have to add them manually. And if you have a lot of posts it’ll take forever and look very crowded in your Admin screen. And if you’re using a drop down menu users won’t know those posts are there until they mouseover the links.

Better bet would be to see if there’s a widget that shows category pages. There’s a default one in WP in the Appearance / Widgets screen

Yeah, that’s kind of where my issue started.

Using the standard Category widget only shows the Category Archive Posts page but then visitors won’t see my Static Category Landing Pages?

I probably won’t have more than 20 posts so I guess I’ll try the Custom Menu route for now.

thanks
Kevin

See if two plugin’s will work together Single Category Widget and select the category for the home page.

Then add Widget Logic if this works with above just add the condition is_home() || is_front_page()

If it works you can have any content on the static page, with any page name, no code required!

Let us know how you get on.

David