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I'm looking for a action/filter to replace replace a category archive page with the contents of a page. I'm thinking of testing the category ID, and replacing the WP_Query object with a new one tailored for the page I want to grab, thus avoiding to have to modify the template.

Which filter/action could I use, and is there perhaps a better solution?

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You're looking for template_redirect:

add_action('template_redirect', 'my_category_template');

function my_category_template(){
  if(is_category(5)){ // <- category ID/title/slug
     require "path/to/your/template.php";
  }
}

If you only need to change the query arguments, then see Mike's answer to this question

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  • I don't want to reuse a template, but to change the query parameters so that WordPress doesn't attempt to load the category archives, but the contents of a page.
    – Andrei
    Commented Sep 18, 2011 at 13:35
  • See the linked question, check for $query->is_category() and add $query->set('p', $your_page_id);
    – onetrickpony
    Commented Sep 18, 2011 at 13:56
  • My bad, I hadn't read that line. I've had some success with overriding $wp_query by returning a new WP_Query object with the query I want in that function, however the template doesn't pick it up. How could I access that in the template and isn't the loop supposed to pick it up automatically? If I do a global $wp_query ; var_dump($wp_query) in the template page it's not the same object the function is returning, if I var_dump() the object in the function context it seems to work fine, ie. it's the correct object.
    – Andrei
    Commented Sep 18, 2011 at 15:07

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