[Resolved] hook to include all sub-categories

Hi there,

there isn’t a display option ( yet ) for sub-categories or child_of. It is something we’re looking into.
Its possible to use the generate_element_display filter to set custom display conditions:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_element_display/

However, it would mean you have to ‘hard code’ the parent category terms in the filter, so if you added new parents then you have to edit the code.

Let me know if thats an option and i can see if we can provide a snippet for that.

You could do this in one Hook:

<?php
$cat = get_queried_object();
if ( $cat->term_id === 16 || $cat->parent === 16 ) {
    echo do_shortcode('[metaslider id="158760"]');
}
if ( $cat->term_id === 30 || $cat->parent === 30 ) {
    echo do_shortcode('[metaslider id="4569123"]');
}
// Add more if conditions if required.
if ( $cat->term_id === 40 || $cat->parent === 40 ) {
    echo do_shortcode('[metaslider id="12321312"]');
}
?>

The hook location will be for All Product Category Archives.
Each condition in that code eg.

if ( $cat->term_id === 40 || $cat->parent === 40 ) {

references the Category Term ID – in the example that is 40 you need to update both instances to match the category you want to display the shortcode on.