Chocolaterebel

Pasting the code again, with appropriate links this time (as to not break the page again). ??

list_cat_posts.php
https://wordpress.pastebin.com/TNh4LheV

default.php
https://wordpress.pastebin.com/KsaTxgSc

Okay, I made the update and then imported the small things which made it work on my site. ?? On retrospect I realize I didn’t take note of all of the things I moved over, but I’ll note a few I remember off hand:

list_cat_posts.php

// File locations lower in list override others
		STYLESHEETPATH.'/list-category-posts/'.$atts['template'].'.php',
	);

to:

// File locations lower in list override others
		WP_PLUGIN_DIR.'/list-category-posts/templates/'.$atts['template'].'.php',
	);

But once I did this, it was reporting back errors from the default.php template due to the thumbnail function not working when a post does not have a thumbnail (at least that’s how I understood it). I put in the if clause that another person suggested in the forum. I also adjusted the Show Category code in default.php.

I’ll just copy paste the entire files at the end of my post in case I missed something. ??

One thing that I’m working to use in my site is the widget, and the widget uses the default.php template automatically (unless the user changes it in lcp_cat_posts_widget.php). New feature idea: Like the [catlist] function, it would be great if the LCP widget has an entry for custom templates.

In regards to my own custom template, it didn’t work with the new update until I fixed some of the changed functions/variables. I will have time later to parse through my css to get the styles necessary to make my template look as it should. ??

Here are the php files as I’ve tweaked them:

list_cat_posts.php

[Moderator note: snipped code block, please use the pastebin as per the Forum Guidelines]

Looking forward to it! I wish I could edit my previous post, I somehow broke the page posting so much code. :b I’ll know better for next time.

I’ll update to the latest version and report back later about how it went. ??

I should mention that the template I’m using is specifically for the wordpress theme I have (Pagelines Pro), especially due to the css styling. I’ll see if I can export the css components such that the plugin looks like what I have right now, though it may not be for a while. ??

Great plugin! I adore it’s easy approach to attaching posts and pages together. ??

On the subject of page formatting and the use of templates — would it be possible for the user to determine where they would like the default template to be (be it categories.php, archives.php, etc) — or perhaps more accurately, choose to have the plugin pull the template the page in question currently using?

For example, my podcasts page has a double sidebar around the content (in addition to other features, I’m using the PlatformPro theme framework here). When I apply the plugin to attach that page to my podcasts category, it uses the default template of the home page (as it’s intended); however, because of this I lose my double sidebar I wanted for that page and loads the features of my homepage I didn’t intend there (feature slider, single sidebar, etc.).

Ideas?