Show a single category and up to 10 posts in a menu

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    (@archetoy)


    15 years, 5 months ago

    Hi All,

    Ok, so, i have a category called “tours-of-duty” which is category id 4

    I want to be able to show this in the top menu, as well as up to 10 of the lastest posts in it. I have seen how to get posts from a particlar category, and show all categories, but not just bfrom 1 category.

    My desired out put would be like:

    <ul>
<!-- standard WP menu output -->
    <li class="first current_page_item"><a href="https://localhost/501tag/">Home</a></li>
<!-- then show my specific category, and up to 10 posts within it -->
    <li class="page_item page-item-2"><a href="https://mywebsite.com/category/tours-of-duty/" title="Tours of Duty">Tours of Duty</a>
        <ul>
            <li class="page_item page-item-3"><a href="https://www.mywebsite.com/category/tours-of-duty/" title="TOD 2009">TOD 2009</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
<!-- wrap up the menu output -->
</ul>

    Any pointers in the right direction would be really appreciated, as all my searching hasn’t come to fruit.

    Regards,

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  • This will do that, but modify to your needs:

    <?php
//for category, show category title, then show 10 posts
$cat_args=array(
  'include' => 4
   );
$categories=get_categories($cat_args);
  foreach($categories as $category) {
    $args=array(
      'showposts' => 10,
      'category__in' => array($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
?>
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    (@archetoy)

    Thanks for the reply Michael. Sorry for my late thanks (moving house).

    That is perfect!

    Wow, that’s nice.
    I’m trying to make something that I thought is something similar to this, but I didn’t know how …

    I have categories with sub-categories, and would like each root level item to make div containing its sub categories.

    DIV DIV
    ————————- ————————–
    | Cat.level 0 item 1 || Cat.level 0 item 2 |
    | Cat.level 1 item 1 || Cat.level 1 item 1 |
    | Cat.level 1 item 2 || Cat.level 1 item 2 |
    | Cat.level 1 item 3 || Cat.level 1 item 3 |
    ————————- ————————– and so on …
    Can it be done, and if so, hooow … ??
    Many thanks in advance !! ??

    Bye

    Oh, this strips empty spaces … Maybe if I put it in code tags:

    DIV                       DIV
------------------------- --------------------------
| Cat.level 0 item 1     || Cat.level 0 item 2     |
|    Cat.level 1 item 1  ||    Cat.level 1 item 1  |
|    Cat.level 1 item 2  ||    Cat.level 1 item 2  |
|    Cat.level 1 item 3  ||    Cat.level 1 item 3  |
------------------------- --------------------------

    Bye …

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