New to writing Shortcodes

  • Resolved CallMeAndy

    (@callmeandy)


    12 years, 8 months ago

    Hi dont know if anyone can put me right – a probably a newbie stupid error but…
    writing a shortcode to list child categories based on the name of the page which implements a category and has the same name.
    In this case the Page name is Destinations which is also the name of a top level category.

    function AB_handler_get_child_cats($atts){

    $category_name=get_the_title();
    $cat = get_cat_ID($category_name);

    if( $cat > 0 ){

        extract(shortcode_atts(array(
                    'show_count' => "0",
                    'orderby' =>"name",
                ), $atts));

        $this_category = get_category($cat);
        if (get_category_children($this_category->cat_ID) != "") {

            $html = "<div><ul>";
            wp_list_categories("orderby=$orderby&show_count=$show_count&title_li=
                &use_desc_for_title=1&child_of=".$this_category->cat_ID);
            $html .= "</ul></div>";
        }
        return $html;
    }
}

add_shortcode('childcats','AB_handler_get_child_cats');

    If I put the following [childcats] or [childcats show_count=1 orderby=’name’] in a text widget titled “Destinations” the output is being rendered prior to the start of the widget border (outside the border).

    What am I doing wrong?

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  • It looks like you are missing the

    echo=0

    parameter in wp_list_categories.

    example:

    $html = "<div><ul>";
 $html .= wp_list_categories("echo=0&orderby=$orderby&show_count=$show_count&title_li=&use_desc_for_title=1&child_of=".$this_category->cat_ID);
$html .= "</ul></div>";

    Thread Starter CallMeAndy

    (@callmeandy)

    Thanks for coming back to me guys.
    However including echo=0 now, as would seem intuitive, is not echoing anything. Its now not rendering any list at all. Previously it was the correct output just in the wrong place.

    have you read my reply with the suggested changes after adding the ‘echo=0’ ?

    Thread Starter CallMeAndy

    (@callmeandy)

    Aha Yes I did read it but clearly I missed the $html assignment. Much appreciated your spot on.

    AS

    Thread Starter CallMeAndy

    (@callmeandy)

    Resolved

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