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Matt Jakachira
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Matt Jakachira
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 5,536 Points
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Matt Jakachira
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 5,536 Points

After adding the WP_Query my page just spins?

Here is my code, I made a change to WP_Query as I wanted to pull posts that had a specific category....

<!--Used to display Posts that match the category DryPeel-->

    <?php
     $query = new WP_Query( array( 'category_name' => 'DryPeel' ) );

    ?>

    <div class="like-content-posts">

      <?php if( $query->have_posts() ) : while( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_posts(); ?>

          <div class="like-posts">
            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('medium'); ?></a>
          </div>

      <?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

    </div>
Peter Gregory
Peter Gregory
6,614 Points
Peter Gregory
Peter Gregory
6,614 Points

I did the same thing. My site was just displaying posts, over and over again. Here's what I did to fix the repeating post images:

Wrong : $query->the_posts(); />

Right: $query->the_post(); />

2 Answers

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

You can't do it like that. You need to do a tax query. This should get you going as long as you can figure out the proper custom post type name, taxonomy name, and the lowercase slug category name.

<?php
  // Category Query
  $args = array(
    'post_type' => 'custom_postype_name', // YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS
    'tax_query' => array(
      array(
        'taxonomy' => 'customtaxonomy_category', // YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS TO YOUR TAXONOMY
        'field'    => 'slug', 
        'terms'    => 'drypeel', // THIS HAS TO BE LOWERCASE, CHECK THE SLUG COLUMN IN BACKEND
      )
    )
  );
  $category_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>

<div class="like-content-posts">

  <?php if ( $category_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $category_query->have_posts() ) : $category_query->the_post(); ?>

    <div class="like-posts">
      <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'medium' ); ?></a>
    </div>

  <?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

</div>
Matt Jakachira
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Matt Jakachira
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Matt Jakachira
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Matt Jakachira
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 5,536 Points

So i did change the arg$ info according to my custom post type and taxonomy but nothing shows on the page

<?php // Category Query $args = array( 'post_type' => 'markets-subcontent', // YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'market', // YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS TO YOUR TAXONOMY 'field' => 'Market', 'terms' => 'drypeel', // THIS HAS TO BE LOWERCASE, CHECK THE SLUG COLUMN IN BACKEND ) ) ); $category_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>

How do i go about troubleshooting this?

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

Matt Jakachira make sure you do

'field'    => 'slug',

you put 'Market' there which won't work. So change that and if it still does not work then double check your taxonomy name.