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Example:

video cat id = 4 video cat child category id's = 7,8,9 news cat id = 5 news cat child category id's = 11,12,13

I wanna display choosen categories ( like video and news ) in the different archive.php?

Is it possible thanks.

( sorry about my bad Eng )

Thanks for Chris S but its not what i want to do.

  <?php
$catPosts = new WP_Query();
$catPosts->query( array( 'category__and' => array(5,11,12,13), 'posts_per_page' => 5, 'orderby' => 'date', 'order' => 'DESC' ) );
  while ($catPosts->have_posts()) : $catPosts->the_post(); ?>
  <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
  <div class="meta">
   By <?php the_author() ?>
  </div>
<div class="content">
  <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>

When I wrote the parent category id, i dont wanna write its child category id's. When i choose the parent category id the system should its child category ids in the same archive page.

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  • Do you want your child categories on separate archive pages, or all of them to be in one?
    – chris_s
    Jul 29, 2011 at 13:50
  • separate archive pages... example: the news category archive ( included with child categories ) in archive-news.php the videos category archive ( included with child categories ) in examle archive-video.php Jul 29, 2011 at 15:26

3 Answers 3

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Create 2 pages category-news.php & category-video.php & put this code in them. Then customize the markup for both as you like

<?php
$children = get_categories('child_of'=>get_query_var('cat'));
$cat = array(get_query_var('cat'));
foreach($children as $child)
    $cat[] = $child->term_id;
$catPosts = new WP_Query( array( 'category__in' => $cat, 'posts_per_page' => 5, 'orderby' => 'date', 'order' => 'DESC' ) );
  while ($catPosts->have_posts()) : $catPosts->the_post(); ?>
  <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
  <div class="meta">
   By <?php the_author() ?>
  </div>
<div class="content">
  <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
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  • This doesn't work either. Jun 4, 2015 at 7:26
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Taking a look at the Template Hierarchy in WordPress could be useful. WordPress allows you to use different templates for different categories based on Category slug (category-{slug}.php) or Category ID (category-{id}.php).

As for different post types, you could do archive-{post_type}.php.

Essentially, you could simply copy archive.php and rename it to category-{slug}.php, category-{id}.php or archive-{post_type}.php (depending on what suits you best) and then modify the existing code in the template to your needs. Just a thought.

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  • How does that provide a solution specifically for sub categories? Feb 21, 2015 at 17:49
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So you already know that you need to create a archive-category.php template for each category. Within each template you would call a custom query for each of those categories and their child categories. For example:

<?php
$catPosts = new WP_Query();
$catPosts->query( array( 'category__in' => array(5), 'posts_per_page' => 5, 'orderby' => 'date', 'order' => 'DESC' ) );
  while ($catPosts->have_posts()) : $catPosts->the_post(); ?>
  <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
  <div class="meta">
   By <?php the_author() ?>
  </div>
<div class="content">
  <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>

This one shows the "news" category with it's children included. Note that you can place any of your own tags to output whatever HTML you want.

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  • Dude, when i choose a parent category id, the system should display its child category in the same archive page. I dont wanna write all child categories ids.. Jul 29, 2011 at 21:01
  • Sorry about that. I edited it to query "news" category and it's children in your archive.
    – chris_s
    Aug 1, 2011 at 15:24
  • did this work for you?
    – chris_s
    Aug 2, 2011 at 16:26
  • didnt work chris when i click the sub category the regular archive page came. Aug 11, 2011 at 19:34

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