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I have a theme options panel that the user can set which categories they want to use which is then saved as an array $blog_cat[0] etc. They can select as many categories as they want for the array and it saves the category number not slug.

I am having trouble when I go to make a wp_query using these settings. How can I take that array and use it in the wp_query?

If I use the following bit of code it will output all of the categories: $catnum = 0; foreach($blog_cat as $blogcats) {echo $blog_cat[$catnum]; $catnum++;}

However, I can't use this in the actual wp_query which looks like this:

$wp_query = new WP_Query('category_name=' . $blog_cat . '&showposts=3');

I can target them individually but not dynamically regardless of how many are set.

I'm guessing this isn't a very hard problem to fix but I don't know enough about the syntax to figure out how.

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You can use the category__in parameter and that will do exactly what you're looking for.

Codex: WP_Query - Category Parameters

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  • Would I just use the variable $blog_cat or how will I make it run through all of the array?
    – Brainbuzz media
    Nov 8, 2011 at 13:42
  • Yes, you would just use the variable if it is an array.
    – Kevin Langley Jr.
    Nov 8, 2011 at 13:45

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