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I want to style a current state with CSS to indicate the page currently being viewed, but List category posts doesn't generate a class hook. All it would need is something similar to the solution posted here.

How or where would I modify the plugin or request that the feature to be added?

Thanks.

UPDATE:

I'm using eStore 2.9 with a combination of List-Category-Posts and Dynamic Widgets. They all work as expected, but neither List-Category-Posts nor any similar plugin allows me to list posts in a category AND generate a .current class for me to style with. So I'm left with trying to hack (possibly) the plugin to give me current class hook.

And no it's not a homebrewed sidebar. I'd rather the >Menu option in the CP worked its magic.

To recap what I want to achieve: the list-category-post plugin generates a list of links for a given category, like so:

<h4>Category Name</h4>
<ul>
<li><a>Apples</a></li>
<li><a>Oranges</a></li>
<li><a>Pears</a></li>
</ul>

I want a .current class attached to either the li or a tag of the currently viewed page in the said list:

<h4>Category Name</h4>
<ul>
<li class="current"><a>Apples</a></li>
<li><a>Oranges</a></li>
<li><a>Pears</a></li>
</ul>
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What wordpress function are you using to generate your navigation list or is it home-brewed? – Brady♦ Dec 5 '11 at 14:58
Also, wich theme are you using? – ZweiBlumen Dec 5 '11 at 15:17

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Fernando, the plugin's developer, has graciously added the feature to a new version of the plugin. I'm impressed and very grateful.

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I'm not clear on exactly what you're trying to style, but if you can edit your theme, you can add classes to the body tag which will indicate which page/post/category is being viewed. Look in the header.php file and make sure the body tag looks like this:

<body <?php body_class(); ?>>

Here's the full reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/body_class#Examples

Best of luck, hope this helps.

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Thanks for the pointer. And yes I already have that in the body. But it there isn't a corresponding .current class on the category post link there's little that I can do. – Seb Dec 6 '11 at 8:41

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