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davemac / query_posts-date.php

Created October 4, 2011 04:47

WordPress output posts by date for current category

	<div id="loop" class="clear">

	<?php // List Pages by Month

	$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
	$cat = get_query_var('cat');
	$args = array(
	'paged' => $paged,
	'cat' => $cat,
	'post_type' => 'post',

davemac / gist:1294606

Created October 18, 2011 04:25

WordPress return custom taxonomy terms with category description

	<ul>
	<?php
	$args=array(
	'taxonomy' => 'productcat',
	'orderby' => 'name',
	'order' => 'ASC'
	);
	$categories=get_categories($args);
	foreach($categories as $category) {

davemac / gist:1297140

Created October 19, 2011 00:16

WordPress query taxonomy by meta key and value

	<?php
	$myquery = array(
	'tax_query' => array(
	array(
	'taxonomy' => 'productcat',
	'terms' => array('equip', 'pro-rack', 'slat-tech', 'acrylics' , 'i60-system' , 'prestige', 'shop-x', 'shopfitters'),
	'field' => 'slug'
	)
	),
	'order' => 'ASC',

davemac / gist:1454851

Created December 10, 2011 09:04

WordPress query categories and return posts that are in one category, and also could be in multiple other categories

<?php $showFactsheets->query( array( 'category__in' => array( 4, 5, 6, 7 ) , 'category__and' => array( 25 ) ) ); ?>

davemac / gist:1456920

Created December 10, 2011 23:03

Wordpress display the current category's parent, and link to it

	<?php
	$cat = get_the_category();
	$parentCatName = get_cat_name($cat[0]->parent);
	$parentCatLink = get_category_link($cat[0]->parent);
	echo '<a href="'.$parentCatLink.'">'.$parentCatName.'</a>';
	?>

davemac / gist:1456987

Created December 10, 2011 23:14

Function to exclude a category(s) from the main loop (pre WP 3.3) in certain categories

	add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'dm_exclude_category_from_category' );

	function dm_exclude_category_from_category( $query ) {

	global $wp_the_query;
	if( $wp_the_query === $query && $query->is_category( array (4,5,6,7) ) ) {
	$query->set( 'cat', '-25' );
	}
	}

davemac / gist:1475179

Created December 14, 2011 03:49

WordPress is post is not in a category and if it is not a specific custom post type

<?php if ( ! (in_category( array ( 20,25 ) ) || 'tips' == get_post_type() ) ) : ?>

davemac / gist:1480832

Created December 15, 2011 11:47

WordPress get the category parent slug and include in body_class - works in posts with multiple cats

	<?php if (is_single() \|\| is_category()) {
	$category = get_the_category();
	$nice_name=array();
	foreach($category as $c)
	{
	$parent = $c->category_parent;
	$parent_cat =get_category($parent);
	$nice_name[]= $parent_cat->category_nicename;
	}

davemac / gist:1991197

Created March 7, 2012 05:21

Custom Fields Creator syntax

	<?php $inlinecontentblocks = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'inlinecontentblocks', true );
	foreach( $inlinecontentblocks as $inlinecontentblock){ ?>
	<div class="inline-thumb">

	// here is where I think the below is not right
	<?php $inlineImage = get_post_custom_values( $inlinecontentblock['content-block-image'] );
	if ( $inlineImage ) { ?>
	<img class="alignleft" title="<?php echo $inlinecontentblock['content-block-title']; ?>" src="<?php echo $inlinecontentblock['content-block-image']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $inlinecontentblock['content-block-title']; ?>" width="120" height="115" />
	<?php } ?>

davemac / gist:2155056

Created March 22, 2012 01:37

List current page's children

	<?php
	global $post;
	$children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0");
	if ($children) { ?>
	<ul>
	<?php echo $children; ?>
	</ul>
	<?php } ?>