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Hi.
I have a simple category template which simply changes the position of the featured image and size. It works fine.
However I want to limit the number of posts that is shown for that category alone. I have achieved this by adding the following to functions.php but wondered if there was a way of keeping the code in the category template rather than having to remember to go to functions.php each time I want to change the limit.
The code I am using in functions.php is
`// Change posts per page in the design category
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'cat_posts_per_page' );
function cat_posts_per_page( $query ) {
if( $query->is_main_query() && is_category( '604' ) && ! is_admin() ) {
$query->set( 'posts_per_page', '12' );
}
}Hope this makes sense
Check this - https://amethystwebsitedesign.com/change-the-posts-per-page-in-your-portfolio-category-template/
Sunshine PRO genesis theme
Need Genesis help? Davinder @ iGuiding Media | My Blog | Fresh Genesis ThemesHi yeh it requires the code to go into functions.php I am looking for the code to site my my category-xx.php file
For such implementation, code has to be places in functions.php file.
Also refer this - http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/47861/different-number-of-posts-in-each-category
Sunshine PRO genesis theme
Need Genesis help? Davinder @ iGuiding Media | My Blog | Fresh Genesis ThemesNothing stops you from adding something like that into your cat template instead of functions.php. Depending on theme / data setup you may need to do is_category and/or is_tax conditional. See:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_category
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_tax
Oh yeah, one note, in Templates we tend to just forego pre_get_posts and write a WP_Query / WP_Queries, as typically we have more to override than simple pagination or other things. Have found it easier to use WP_Query all the time instead of pre_get_posts filtering because often we'll end up customising the query more as matter of typical dev. In that case you just replace the genesis loop somehow.
You have a couple options, you could do genesis_custom_loop() and set the query args there or do a full custom loop with full custom WP_Query yourself. Up to to you, but these should get you started.
http://genesissnippets.com/genesis-custom-loop/
http://www.carriedils.com/custom-page-template-genesis/An edit: just to be clear, you can use a custom page template OR the wp template hierarchy with the above; doesn't matter, I should have mentioned that as Carrie's tutorial mentions the custom page template method but the code for wp query is the same no matter.
Hi all thanks for the replies.
I tried adding the same bit of code into my cat template but it doesn't work, although it works in the functions.php file
By didn't work what do you mean? No changes, or nothing returns, etc?
You may need remove_action first on pre_get_posts and then add_action with it.
WP_Query will work regardless with a custom loop in your template.
What I mean is when the above code is functions.php it limits the number of shown in cat 604
However if I place the same code in the cat 604 template file and remove is from the functions.php the post limit goes back to default post count.
I think you'll probably need a remove_action in your template, then add it. If that doesn't work and you need help with either genesis_custom_loop() or a custom WP_Query loop, let me know and I'm happy to help you!
Thank you for that. I have had a play with it and can't get it to work in the category temp, but it works in functions.php - so all I suppose I will leave it until I have more time to learn some more.
Thank you all for the replies.
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