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I’m trying to figure out how I can select 3 posts for each category and have them display at the top of the archives for that category. A sort of featured posts for each category.
Is there a way to do that with a hook and element?
Are any of the current templates doing that? If so let me know and I will check it out
Thanks for your help as always
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Hi Nomadice Man,
You can use a Query Loop Block. Reference: https://docs.generateblocks.com/article/query-loop-overview/
Add it through a Block Element – Hook. Hook it to
after_header.Then, in the Query Loop Parameters, include only posts with Taxonomy – Tag – Featured. (So, you need to tag 3 featured posts as Featured)
Then, add a PHP snippet to exclude posts with Tag – Featured on your archive pages so it doesn’t repeat.
Example code:
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', function( $query ) { if ( $query->is_archive() && $query->is_main_query() ) { $query->set( 'tag', '-19' ); } return $query; } );Replace
19with the ID of the Tag.Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/#code-snippets
Getting the Tag ID: https://share.getcloudapp.com/Z4umjoAo
thank you 🙏
You’re welcome! Happy New Year! 🙂
Happy new year to you too
Hi, I’ve just tried adding the PHP snippet and I got this error:
Don’t Panic
The code snippet you are trying to save produced a fatal error on line 6:syntax error, unexpected ‘return’ (T_RETURN), expecting ‘)’
The previous version of the snippet is unchanged, and the rest of this site should be functioning normally as before.I updated the code above.
Can you try adding it again?
I’ve added it and now the archive disappears
Below is the code I used. The featured category tag id is 113
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', function( $query ) { if ( $query->is_archive() && $query->is_main_query() ) { $query->set( 'tag', '-113' ); } return $query; } );Can you provide admin login credentials?
I’ll check what’s going on and assess what to do.
Please use the Private Information field for this: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/using-the-premium-support-forum/#private-information
here you go, thank you
I see.
You need to add “Featured” as a tag, not a category.
Then, add the tag ID in the code.
Doing so should make it work.
ive changed it to a tag and changed the id. problem is still there
I see.
Can you try changing the code to this?:
function excludeTagId($query) { $tag_Ids = array( 114 ); if ($query->is_main_query() && ! is_admin() && $query->is_category() ) { $query->set( 'tag__not_in', $tag_Ids ); } } add_action('pre_get_posts', 'excludeTagId');Let me know how it goes.
thank you. that seems to have worked now
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