Some slider questions...

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• Started 1 year ago by jebz
• Latest reply from Dude
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1. 

   jebz
   Member

   1. The slider by default displays the most recent posts from a selected category. Is it possible to change this to posts with most comments in a given category? Ideally... posts with the most comments in the last 30 days?

   2. Can a category-specific slider be displayed on Category pages? This would show the latest posts from each individual category.

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   Dude
   Dude

   1) This should be possible. Select all categories for the slider and open up index.php. Search for following line:
   

   $additional_loop = new WP_Query("cat=".$k_option['mainpage']['feature_cats_final']."&posts_per_page=".$k_option['mainpage']['feature_count']);

   and replace it with:
   

   $additional_loop = new WP_Query("cat=".$k_option['mainpage']['feature_cats_final']."&orderby=comment_count&posts_per_page=".$k_option['mainpage']['feature_count']);

   2) Yes - this is be possible but it requires some major code adjustments which are beyond the scope of this support forum.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   jebz
   Member

   Hi dude,

   Thanks heaps. Regarding item 1, can the code be modified to only include posts published in the past 30 days?

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   Devin
   Moderator

   Hi jebz,

   Try replacing what you've added so far with:
   

   // Create a new filtering function that will add our where clause to the query
   function filter_where( $where = '' ) {
   	// posts in the last 30 days
   	$where .= " AND post_date > '" . date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-30 days')) . "'";
   	return $where;
   }
   
   add_filter( 'posts_where', 'filter_where' );
   $additional_loop = new WP_Query("cat=".$k_option['mainpage']['feature_cats_final']."&orderby=comment_count&posts_per_page=".$k_option['mainpage']['feature_count']);
   remove_filter( 'posts_where', 'filter_where' );

   I've not tested it live but it should work with the WP_Query from Peter.

   Regards,

   Devin

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   jebz
   Member

   Hi Devin, just to be certain - do I *add* your code underneath Dude's code, or *replace* it? Not quite sure. Thanks!

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   Dude
   Dude

   Hi!

   You need to replace it because it already contains the code line I posted above.

   Regards,
   Peter

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. 

   jebz
   Member

   Thanks! I did that and all seems to be working.

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 

   jebz
   Member

   Could I just confirm that this displays the posts with the most comments from ALL categories? Thanks :-)

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. 

   Dude
   Dude

   No, it will display posts of the selected categories (which you chose in the backend). You can adjust one line in the code Devin posted above - instead of:
   

   $additional_loop = new WP_Query("cat=".$k_option['mainpage']['feature_cats_final']."&orderby=comment_count&posts_per_page=".$k_option['mainpage']['feature_count']);

   use:
   

   $additional_loop = new WP_Query("orderby=comment_count&posts_per_page=".$k_option['mainpage']['feature_count']);

   All categories will be displayed in the slider after this code mod but it will also "break" the backend options regarding the frontpage slider categories.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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