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Single post content
3 replies · Started by Janus on December 13, 2018
Hi there
I need to customize the single post layout for posts in a specific post category.
What is the best easiest way to do this?
Thanks
Hi there,
you can add this PHP Snippet:
add_filter('body_class','add_category_to_single');
function add_category_to_single($classes) {
if (is_single() ) {
global $post;
foreach((get_the_category($post->ID)) as $category) {
// add category slug to the $classes array
$classes[] = $category->category_nicename;
}
}
// return the $classes array
return $classes;
}
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/
this will add the category slug to the single post body. You can then target it with CSS like so (add appropriate category slug):
.single-post.category-slug {
CSS Rules here
}
Yes, I have actually done that, but I would like to (need to) change the markup structure in "content-single.php" in my child theme?
So you would need to have a separate template for that particular category.
This stack exchange provides options - the responder to the OP gives the method using a filter:
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/169831/custom-single-template-for-a-specific-category