Is subcategory of a given category

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    (@nextlimits)


    14 years, 4 months ago

    Hi guys,

    Here is the situation. I have a site composed of pages and posts and different categories.
    I want to show in the sidebar, a custom menu based on the new menu from WP 3.0.

    I am already showing it on all child pages of any given page (is_tree) but I would also want to be able to show it on categories that are added in the custom menu.

    <?php
	// A second sidebar for widgets, just because.
	if ( is_tree('8') ) : if ( is_active_sidebar( 'projects' ) ) : ?>

    So what I’m looking for is a function that will return true or false, if it is a subcategory of a defined category. Something that will end up like this:

    <?php
	// A second sidebar for widgets, just because.
	if ( is_tree('8') || is_subcategory('7') ) : if ( is_active_sidebar( 'projects' ) ) : ?>

    Thanks

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  • Thread Starter nextlimits

    (@nextlimits)

    Found the function: IS_SUBCATEGORY_OR_SUB

    // If is category or subcategory of $cat_id
if (!function_exists('is_category_or_sub')) {
	function is_category_or_sub($cat_id = 0) {
	    foreach (get_the_category() as $cat) {
	    	if ($cat_id == $cat->cat_ID || cat_is_ancestor_of($cat_id, $cat)) return true;
	    }
	    return false;
	}
}
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