Comments on: Finding a Category Ancestor / Descendant for WP Templates http://www.mummey.org/2009/03/finding-a-category-ancestor-descendant-wp-templates/ Personal Website of Adrian Mummey Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:04:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: alex http://www.mummey.org/2009/03/finding-a-category-ancestor-descendant-wp-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-503 alex Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:08:57 +0000 http://www.mummey.org/?p=365#comment-503 I'm looking desperatly for a way to check if the _currently_ displayed category is a child of a certain category. Can this function be used to achieve that? As far as I understand it, it only checks 2 specific categories right? I’m looking desperatly for a way to check if the _currently_ displayed category is a child of a certain category.

Can this function be used to achieve that?
As far as I understand it, it only checks 2 specific categories right?

]]> By: Hellen http://www.mummey.org/2009/03/finding-a-category-ancestor-descendant-wp-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Hellen Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:50:32 +0000 http://www.mummey.org/?p=365#comment-298 Huge thanks!! This is exactly what I was trying to do. But the only ancestor test I found on my own was the cat_is_ancestor_of function in the WP Codex at http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/cat_is_ancestor_of. And I was having a horrible time getting it to work. You just made my template writing life sooooo much easier! Huge thanks!! This is exactly what I was trying to do. But the only ancestor test I found on my own was the cat_is_ancestor_of function in the WP Codex at http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/cat_is_ancestor_of. And I was having a horrible time getting it to work. You just made my template writing life sooooo much easier!

]]> By: Daniel http://www.mummey.org/2009/03/finding-a-category-ancestor-descendant-wp-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Daniel Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:50:27 +0000 http://www.mummey.org/?p=365#comment-188 Thanks a lot Adrian! Thanks a lot Adrian!

]]> By: Max http://www.mummey.org/2009/03/finding-a-category-ancestor-descendant-wp-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Max Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:58:02 +0000 http://www.mummey.org/?p=365#comment-184 thanks! thanks!

]]> By: Adrian Mummey http://www.mummey.org/2009/03/finding-a-category-ancestor-descendant-wp-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Adrian Mummey Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:50:02 +0000 http://www.mummey.org/?p=365#comment-127 Yes just run the code twice, something like this: <code>if(is_category()){ $ancestor_cat_id_1 = 43; $ancestor_cat_id_2 = 44; //Lets get the current category we are in $cur_cat_id = get_cat_id( single_cat_title("",false) ); $is_ancestor_1 = false; $is_ancestor_2 = false; //Check if we are in the ancestor category $is_ancestor_1 = is_ancestor_cat($ancestor_cat_id_1, $cur_cat_id); $is_ancestor_2 = is_ancestor_cat($ancestor_cat_id_2, $cur_cat_id); //If it is an ancestor, use a specific template if($is_ancestor_1){ include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/category-43.php'); } else if($is_ancestor_2){ include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/category-44.php'); } //Use the default template else{ include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/category-default.php'); } }</code> Yes just run the code twice, something like this:
if(is_category()){
$ancestor_cat_id_1 = 43;
$ancestor_cat_id_2 = 44;
//Lets get the current category we are in
$cur_cat_id = get_cat_id( single_cat_title("",false) );
$is_ancestor_1 = false;
$is_ancestor_2 = false;
//Check if we are in the ancestor category
$is_ancestor_1 = is_ancestor_cat($ancestor_cat_id_1, $cur_cat_id);
$is_ancestor_2 = is_ancestor_cat($ancestor_cat_id_2, $cur_cat_id);
//If it is an ancestor, use a specific template
if($is_ancestor_1){
include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/category-43.php');
}
else if($is_ancestor_2){
include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/category-44.php');
}
//Use the default template
else{
include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/category-default.php');
}

}

]]> By: Daniel http://www.mummey.org/2009/03/finding-a-category-ancestor-descendant-wp-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Daniel Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:53:48 +0000 http://www.mummey.org/?p=365#comment-125 Good work Adrian! Just one question; is it possible to modify this function to allow more than one ancestor_cat_id? Per example: if is ancestor of cat ID 43, include one file, if is ancestor of cat ID 80 include another file. Sorry I'm not a coder :-) Thanks!! Good work Adrian! Just one question; is it possible to modify this function to allow more than one ancestor_cat_id? Per example: if is ancestor of cat ID 43, include one file, if is ancestor of cat ID 80 include another file. Sorry I’m not a coder :-) Thanks!!

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