[Resolved] Question about Using Static Pages as Category Archives

[Paul]

Hi there, I understand this is possible (Using Static Pages as Category Archives) and I’ve seen the following post (https://docs.wpshowposts.com/article/use-static-pages-as-category-archives/).

With the code in that forum post, all the category archive pages will become static pages. My question is how to only make specific category pages a static page? I want to customize only 1 category page by using a static page (not all category pages).

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks, Paul

[Fernando]

Hi Paul,

You can modify your code to something like this:

add_filter('request', function( array $query_vars ) {
    if ( is_admin() ) {
        return $query_vars;
    }

    if ( isset( $query_vars['category_name'] ) && 'my-category-slug' === $query_vars['category_name'] ) {
        $pagename = $query_vars['category_name'];

        $query_vars = array( 'pagename' => "$pagename" );
    }

    return $query_vars;
} );

Kindly replace my-category-slug with you Category’s slug.

Hope this helps!

[Paul]

Thanks so much! That worked well. What would the code be if I want to the same thing but with more than 1 category (but not all the categories)?

Thanks!

[Fernando]

You would need something like this:

add_filter('request', function( array $query_vars ) {
    if ( is_admin() ) {
        return $query_vars;
    }

    $targets = array(
        'my-category-slug',
        'my-category-slug-2',
        'my-category-slug-3',
    );

    if ( isset( $query_vars['category_name'] ) && in_array( $query_vars['category_name'], $targets ) ) {
        $pagename = $query_vars['category_name'];

        $query_vars = array( 'pagename' => "$pagename" );
    }

    return $query_vars;
} );

Kindly replace my-category-slug, my-category-slug-2, my-category-slug-3 with the slugs, and you may also add more if necessary.

Hope this helps!

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