Comments on: Write Your Own Related Posts Plugin http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/ Freelance Web Designer and Wordpress Guru Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:59:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1826 Sarah Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:32:17 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1826 Thanks for replying so soon! Will do and let you know Thanks for replying so soon! Will do and let you know

]]> By: Curtis Henson http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1824 Curtis Henson Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:16:59 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1824 Sarah, Can't be sure whats going on with out seeing the code, but look for anything that might be causing a conflict between the two functions, like something named the same. Sarah,

Can’t be sure whats going on with out seeing the code, but look for anything that might be causing a conflict between the two functions, like something named the same.

]]> By: Sarah http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 Sarah Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:12:31 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1823 Thanks you so much for this great tutorial! I'm trying to have both (same) category related posts and tag related posts so I used the code from your previous tut bellow the code from this tut but whenever I call both widgets the one makes the other dissapear! Obviously this is not the way to do it but how can I have both types of related posts together on the same page? Please help! Thanks you so much for this great tutorial!
I’m trying to have both (same) category related posts and tag related posts so I used the code from your previous tut bellow the code from this tut but whenever I call both widgets the one makes the other dissapear! Obviously this is not the way to do it but how can I have both types of related posts together on the same page? Please help!

]]> By: Nicole http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Nicole Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:39:08 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1486 Thank you! That was perfect. Here’s what I ended up using to produce something like: “News: Title of Related News Story” ID); $cat_name = get_cat_name($category_list[0]); ?> <a href="ID); ?>"> post_title ?></a> Thank you! That was perfect. Here’s what I ended up using to produce something like: “News: Title of Related News Story”
ID); $cat_name = get_cat_name($category_list[0]); ?>
<a href=”ID); ?>”>
post_title ?>

]]> By: Curtis Henson http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 Curtis Henson Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:57:47 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1484 Nicole, This code is long and ungraceful but it will get you an array of category IDs which you can then get the name of. <code>$foo = wp_get_post_categories($related_post->ID); echo print_r($foo); $bar = get_cat_name($foo[0]); echo $bar;</code> Nicole,

This code is long and ungraceful but it will get you an array of category IDs which you can then get the name of.

$foo = wp_get_post_categories($related_post->ID);
echo print_r($foo);
$bar = get_cat_name($foo[0]);
echo $bar;

]]> By: Nicole http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 Nicole Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:05:06 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1483 It appears that if I use the the_category() within the foreach loop call it will return the category of the post I'm viewing, not of the related post. Other ideas? It appears that if I use the the_category() within the foreach loop call it will return the category of the post I’m viewing, not of the related post. Other ideas?

]]> By: Nicole http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 Nicole Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:51:11 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1482 Unfortunately that's the sort of thing I've tried and had no luck with. If I put that in exactly, I see nothing (if I make it a list item, it displays a bullet with nothing next to it). The only way I get it to output anything is to echo $foo which gives me "array". That's why I'm thinking I need to grab the value directly out of the db somehow. This is definitely going to haunt me... Unfortunately that’s the sort of thing I’ve tried and had no luck with. If I put that in exactly, I see nothing (if I make it a list item, it displays a bullet with nothing next to it). The only way I get it to output anything is to echo $foo which gives me “array”. That’s why I’m thinking I need to grab the value directly out of the db somehow. This is definitely going to haunt me…

]]> By: Curtis Henson http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1481 Curtis Henson Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:12:24 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1481 Nicole, Maybe something like this will work for you. Use it inside the foreach loop. <code>$foo = get_categories(); echo $foo[0]->cat_name;</code> Nicole,

Maybe something like this will work for you. Use it inside the foreach loop.

$foo = get_categories(); echo $foo[0]->cat_name;

]]> By: Nicole http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 Nicole Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:30:53 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1480 Curtis - I'm trying to figure out how to also list the category of the related post, but apparently my knowledge of the db structure isn't good enough. Can you point me in the right direction? Curtis – I’m trying to figure out how to also list the category of the related post, but apparently my knowledge of the db structure isn’t good enough. Can you point me in the right direction?

]]> By: Alexandre http://curtishenson.com/version7/write-your-own-related-posts-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1191 Alexandre Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:36:43 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=108#comment-1191 Great work! Very useful Thank you. Great work!
Very useful

Thank you.

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