Arranging content by category

  • My client wants to be able to pick where modules go on the homepage. The modules include a single post, a double inline post and a quadruple inline post.

    So, they want to be able to choose a category–say module 01–and have that appear on the page, then pick module 04 and have the 4 inline posts show up after that, then maybe 01 again and then an 02.

    Do I need to create custom post types for this to work or create a category? I’m having trouble thinking this through. Any help would be much appreciated.

    TIA!

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  • If it is not too much to ask the client to put shortcodes on the page, you could create a shortcode that takes a parameter (or multiple shortcodes – one for each layout) that would define the layout and content.

    You might need to use a global value to keep track of how many posts have been shown so the next query will know how many to offset.

    Thread Starter popstalin

    (@popstalin)

    I think a shortcode could work. Any links you could point me to, that would show me how this is done?

    Thanks!

    Also, I guess another way to look at this would be custom post type templates for the homepage, so if I’m using custom post type 01, then I dynamically load custom-post-01.php, if it’s custom post type 02, then use custom-post-02.php to display the posts.

    Is that possible? I’ve been searching but all I’ve found is single.php and archive.php info for custom post type templates. These are posts, not pages.

    I think this is getting beyond the scope of what can be done in this forum. However, here is a general outline of what I think will work:

    • Create a static front page that the client will edit to place the shortcodes in the desired location.
    • Create a template for the static front page.
    • Create one or more shortcodes to display the desired category (or custom post type) and number of posts.
    • Assign the new front page as the static page in Admin->Settings->Reading.

    I would not tie the post category or type to the number of posts to show because the client may (probably will) change their mind in the future. So, I would suggest something like this:

    [show-post-group type='type1' number='6']

    This would show a group of 6 posts of type1.

    Here is a tutorial on shortcodes:

    https://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/theme-development/wordpress-shortcodes-the-right-way/

    A Google search on ‘wordpress shortcode tutorial’ will find several more.

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