List of post by taxonomy

[rgval]

Hi, I am trying to make a list of students organized by graduation year.
I created a custom post type called 'student' with a taxonomy 'graduation-year'.

I have replaced the genesis loop to create my own listing, but somehow it only shows the posts in the first year, the other years are listed but without posts.

This is the code for my WP archive template: archive-student.php
(mostly based on http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/taxonomy-archives-list-posts-by-taxonomys-terms--cms-20045)

<?php
/**
 * STUDENT ARCHIVE
 *
 * @author RGV
 */

// Replace the genesis loop
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'my_custom_loop' );

function my_custom_loop() {
//start by fetching the terms for the year taxonomy
	$terms = get_terms( 'graduation-year', array(
	   'orderby'    => 'name',
	   'order' => 'DESC'
	) );

// now run a query of students for each year
	foreach( $terms as $term ) {

	// Define the query
	    $args = array(
        	'post_type' => 'student',
	        'year' => $term->slug
	    );
 	   $query = new WP_Query( $args );

 	  // output the term name in a heading tag
	    echo'<h2>' . $term->name . '</h2>';

 	       // output the post titles in a list
	       echo '<ul>';
   	     // Start the Loop
		while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
	         <li class="student-list" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   	        	<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
    		</li>
                <?php endwhile;
	       echo '</ul>';
     // use reset postdata to restore original query
    wp_reset_postdata();
  }
}

genesis();
?>

Any idea what I am doing wrong? Is there a better way of getting this kind of results using genesis?

Thanks a lot!

[Brad Dalton]

Try the WordPress Template Hierarchy

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[PatrickODacre]

This may be obvious, but are you sure you've applied posts to the other years? 🙂

[rgval]

😀 Yes, good point. I do have post with every taxonomy.
I confirmed they work with the taxonomy permalink

[rgval]

Thanks braddalton. What I am trying to do is a template for the custom post archive, so I can list all posts in one page.

I am surprised is it not more easy to list posts by years...(not the publication year, but a custom numeric field). Apart from my problems with the loop, I though this should a be quite common way of sorting content. I am doing something wrong? perhaps another more efficient structure in the posts, etc.

[rgval]

I am so sorry, guys, it was a mistake in my taxonomy name.
I used 'year' as the taxonomy term, and is reserved for WP.

I am still surprised about how difficult is to list posts grouped by a custom taxonomy in an archive.
I thought it could be easier with Genesis (perhaps I'm doing something wrong and there is an easier way...)

Anyway, the working code is here:

<?php
/**
 * STUDENT ARCHIVE
 */

// Replace the genesis loop
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'my_custom_loop' );

function my_custom_loop() {
//start by fetching all terms for the year taxonomy
    $terms = get_terms( 'graduation-year', array(
       'orderby'    => 'name',
       'order' => 'DESC'
    ) );

// now run a query of students for each year
    foreach( $terms as $term ) {
 
    // Define the query
        $args = array(
            'post_type' => 'student',
            'graduation-year' => $term->slug
        );
        $query = new WP_Query( $args );
            
        // output the term name in a heading tag                
        echo'<h2>' . $term->name . '</h2>';
    
        // output the post titles in a list
    echo '<ul>';
    
            // Start the Loop
            while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
 
            <li class="student-list" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
                   <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
            </li>
            <?php endwhile;
    echo '</ul>';
     // use reset postdata to restore orginal query
    wp_reset_postdata();
  }
}

genesis();
?>

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