I'm running a plugin that only works with posts. I have two categories, but I want only one of them to show the posts on the homepage. Any ideas on how to do this? I tried the following plugins, but can't seem to make them work. Front Page Manager WP Hide Posts Thanks
use a category shortcode. try plugin called category shortcode. Otherwise you may need to use php to create your own shortcodes.
You don't need a plugin for that. You can show it in the sidebar. 1. go to yourdomain.com/wp-admin/widgets.php 2. drag the Categories to sidebar 1 3. Click save. Done!
Somehow I can't get it to work right either , but I've thought of a kinda workaround. I'll just use the sticky post, I'm just debating on how much to set the blog posts to. BTW I want to use posts because the script updates any changes in the price and percentage discounted automatically, but it only works with posts. Thanks
You could create a custom page template and make it so the loop only shows posts from your selected category.
Are you able to give me a link to your site? And what is the plugin that you are using that you mentioned in your first post? have a look at this tut by smashing magazine...you will have to google mastering-wordpress-shortcodes and go to the smashing mag tutorial. (Sorry I cant post live links as I'm new to the forum). Go to #5 - Get posts from WordPress Database with a Shortcode That might help with category shortcodes...
Sorry guys I should have posted this earlier when I realized I already had the plugin on my harddrive http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-category-excluder/ Thanks
To be honest, I've never used that plugin...But after [very quickly] reading the description, it seems that it's key purpose is to block crawlers from searching specific folders or content. Is that why you use it? If so, why not try a modified robots.txt instead? But I still think the category shortcode option (try the smashing mag tut) would be the best option for for displaying one specific category on your homepage...As far as I know anyway...
Just saw that thing about hiding it from webcrawlers, but I didn't see that option to block them in the plugin. As far as I know I'm only "hiding" the category on the homepage, it has options to block it on other pages as well, but since I'm not using them I think it's okay. I'm not very technically inclined in php. I can drive a car very well, but heck if know how to make it work , same thing with Wordpress. The explanation looked like Greek to me Thanks
It's not live yet I kinda put it on hold while trying to find the answer and started something else in the meantime. I'm going to outsource some articles and have an article catergory so I can keep updating it, and probably rewrite the descriptions as well if it starts to show some traffic. 65-inch-lcd-tv.com
Have you tried Post List plugin? not too sure if it well work the way you want it. This plugin allows you to include a list of posts (e.g. latest posts, most commented posts, future posts, ...) in a page, post or widget.
Ok, I think this plugin called list category posts should do the trick for you. I believe it achieves the same effect as that tutorial I referred you to, without having to code! Plus it seems to have a large range of parameters. I just tested it out on a testing blog and it works perfectly! Some brief instructions: - Install the plugin List Category Posts - Add the following shortcode where you want to display the list on your page [catlist id=** content=yes] (where ** is the category ID number). That's it!! FYI: the content=yes parameter means that the page will show the content of the posts in that category. Without the content=yes, it will just list the titles of your posts. There are a tonne of parameters you can add to the shortcode...go to the developer's website here for the list: foro.picandocodigo.net/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=251