Drop-Down Post List Plugin for WordPress

thanks admin

Why can’t I get this to work?

URL http://waterworks-lamson.com/wordpress/authorized/

Can someone Help Me Please I’d really appreciate it big time!
Form Type – Jump Menu
Sorting Method – By title
Post Limit – 0

Permissions – 755

Hello!

And that change in the code, so that when you choose (select a post) opens the main page of your site?

Hi Dagon,

I’m running WordPress 3.0. and Drop-Down Post List v1.33

I looks good the drop down list looks good but when I hit the go button it won’t go to the post (link doesn’t work) Any ideas?

http://waterworks-lamson.com/wordpress/authorized/

The settings for the plug in are as follows:

Form Type – List with button
Button Text – go
Sorting Method – By title
Post Limit – 0

That’s all the settings I have set please let me know what you think.

Thank you!
Brent

Here is the php file code in case you need it.

 

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Drop-Down Post List
Plugin URI: http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/drop-down-post-list-plugin-for-wordpress/
Description: Generates a drop-down list of posts for a particular category.
Author: Dagon Design
Version: 1.33
Author URI: http://www.dagondesign.com
*/

$ddpl_version = '1.33';

// Setup defaults if options do not exist
add_option('ddpl_type', 'jump'); 
add_option('ddpl_button', 'View'); 
add_option('ddpl_default', '(select a post)'); 
add_option('ddpl_sort', 'date_desc'); 
add_option('ddpl_limit', 0); 
add_option('ddpl_before_form', ''); 
add_option('ddpl_after_form', ''); 
add_option('ddpl_before_list', ''); 
add_option('ddpl_after_list', ''); 


function ddpl_add_option_pages() {
if (function_exists('add_options_page')) {
add_options_page('Drop-Down Post List', 'DDPostList', 8, __FILE__, 'ddpl_options_page');
}		
}


function ddpl_options_page() {

global $ddpl_version;

if (isset($_POST['set_defaults'])) {
echo '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong>';

update_option('ddpl_type', 'jump'); 
update_option('ddpl_button', 'View'); 
update_option('ddpl_default', '(select a post)'); 
update_option('ddpl_sort', 'date_desc'); 
update_option('ddpl_limit', 0); 
update_option('ddpl_before_form', ''); 
update_option('ddpl_after_form', ''); 
update_option('ddpl_before_list', ''); 
update_option('ddpl_after_list', ''); 

echo 'Default Options Loaded!';
echo '</strong></p></div>';

} else if (isset($_POST['info_update'])) {

echo '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong>';

update_option('ddpl_type', (string)$_POST["ddpl_type"]); 
update_option('ddpl_button', (string)$_POST["ddpl_button"]); 
update_option('ddpl_default', (string)$_POST["ddpl_default"]); 
update_option('ddpl_sort', (string)$_POST["ddpl_sort"]); 
update_option('ddpl_limit', (int)$_POST["ddpl_limit"]); 
update_option('ddpl_before_form', (string)$_POST["ddpl_before_form"]); 
update_option('ddpl_after_form', (string)$_POST["ddpl_after_form"]); 
update_option('ddpl_before_list', (string)$_POST["ddpl_before_list"]); 
update_option('ddpl_after_list', (string)$_POST["ddpl_after_list"]);

echo 'Configuration Updated!';
echo '</strong></p></div>';

} ?>




<div class=wrap>

<h2>Drop-Down Post List v<?php echo $ddpl_version; ?></h2>

<p>For information and updates, please visit:<br />
<a href="http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/drop-down-post-list-plugin-for-wordpress/">http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/drop-down-post-list-plugin-for-wordpress/</a></p>


<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="info_update" id="info_update" value="true" />


<h3>Options</h3>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6">

<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
<strong>Form Type</strong> &nbsp; 
</td><td align="left">
<input name="ddpl_type" type="radio" value="jump" <?php if (get_option('ddpl_type') == "jump") echo "checked='checked'"; ?> />&nbsp;&nbsp; Jump menu<br />
<input name="ddpl_type" type="radio" value="list" <?php if (get_option('ddpl_type') == "list") echo "checked='checked'"; ?> />&nbsp;&nbsp; List with button<br />
</td></tr>

<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
<strong>Default Option</strong> &nbsp; 
</td><td align="left">
<input name="ddpl_default" type="text" size="20" value="<?php echo stripslashes(htmlspecialchars(get_option('ddpl_default'))) ?>"/>
<br /><i>If entered, this will be the default list option (does not link to anything)</i>
</td></tr>

<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
<strong>Button Text</strong> &nbsp; 
</td><td align="left">
<input name="ddpl_button" type="text" size="20" value="<?php echo stripslashes(htmlspecialchars(get_option('ddpl_button'))) ?>"/>
<br /><i>Button is only shown if using 'list with button' form type</i>
</td></tr>

<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
<strong>Sorting Method</strong> &nbsp; 
</td><td align="left">
<input name="ddpl_sort" type="radio" value="date_desc" <?php if (get_option('ddpl_sort') == "date_desc") echo "checked='checked'"; ?> />&nbsp;&nbsp; By date - newest first<br />
<input name="ddpl_sort" type="radio" value="date_asc" <?php if (get_option('ddpl_sort') == "date_asc") echo "checked='checked'"; ?> />&nbsp;&nbsp; By date - oldest first<br />
<input name="ddpl_sort" type="radio" value="title" <?php if (get_option('ddpl_sort') == "title") echo "checked='checked'"; ?> />&nbsp;&nbsp; By title<br />
</td></tr>

<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
<strong>Post Limit</strong> &nbsp; 
</td><td align="left">
<input name="ddpl_limit" type="text" size="5" value="<?php echo get_option('ddpl_limit') ?>"/>
<br /><i>Limits the number of posts in the list (0 = no limit)</i>
</td></tr>

<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
<strong>Add Before Form</strong> &nbsp; 
</td><td align="left">
<textarea name="ddpl_before_form" cols="40" rows="4"><?php echo stripslashes(htmlspecialchars(get_option('ddpl_before_form'))) ?></textarea>
<br /><i>Code to display before the form</i>
</td></tr>

<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
<strong>Add After Form</strong> &nbsp; 
</td><td align="left">
<textarea name="ddpl_after_form" cols="40" rows="4"><?php echo stripslashes(htmlspecialchars(get_option('ddpl_after_form'))) ?></textarea>
<br /><i>Code to display after the form</i>
</td></tr>

<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
<strong>Add Before List</strong> &nbsp; 
</td><td align="left">
<textarea name="ddpl_before_list" cols="40" rows="4"><?php echo stripslashes(htmlspecialchars(get_option('ddpl_before_list'))) ?></textarea>
<br /><i>Code to display before the list</i>
</td></tr>

<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
<strong>Add After List</strong> &nbsp; 
</td><td align="left">
<textarea name="ddpl_after_list" cols="40" rows="4"><?php echo stripslashes(htmlspecialchars(get_option('ddpl_after_list'))) ?></textarea>
<br /><i>Code to display after the list</i>
</td></tr>

</table>

<div class="submit">
<input type="submit" name="set_defaults" value="<?php _e('Load Default Options'); ?> &raquo;" />
<input type="submit" name="info_update" value="<?php _e('Update options'); ?> &raquo;" />
</div>

</form>
</div><?php
}



function ddpl_list($catID) {

$all_cats = FALSE;
if (strtolower(trim($catID)) == 'all') {
$all_cats = TRUE;
}


global $wpdb;
$tp = $wpdb->prefix;
// Currently using a work-around for the version system
// determines if pre or post 2.3 from wp_term_taxonomy 
$ver = 2.2;
$wpv = $wpdb->get_results("show tables like '{$tp}term_taxonomy'");
if (count($wpv) > 0) {
$ver = 2.3;
}


$ddpl_type = get_option('ddpl_type'); 
$ddpl_button = trim(get_option('ddpl_button')); 
$ddpl_default = stripslashes(trim(get_option('ddpl_default'))); 
$ddpl_sort = get_option('ddpl_sort'); 
$ddpl_limit = (int)get_option('ddpl_limit'); 
$ddpl_before_form = stripslashes(get_option('ddpl_before_form')); 
$ddpl_after_form = stripslashes(get_option('ddpl_after_form')); 
$ddpl_before_list = stripslashes(get_option('ddpl_before_list')); 
$ddpl_after_list = stripslashes(get_option('ddpl_after_list')); 

$t_out = '';

$table_prefix = $wpdb->prefix;

$sort_code = 'ORDER BY post_date DESC';
switch ($ddpl_sort) {
case 'date_desc': 
$sort_code = 'ORDER BY post_date DESC';
break;
case 'date_asc': 
$sort_code = 'ORDER BY post_date ASC';
break;
case 'title': 
$sort_code = 'ORDER BY post_title ASC';
break;
}

$limit_code = '';
if ($ddpl_limit > 0) {
$limit_code = ' LIMIT ' . $ddpl_limit;
}


if ($ver < 2.3) {

$cat_sel_code = ' ';
if (!$all_cats) {
$cat_sel_code = " AND {$table_prefix}post2cat.category_id = {$catID} ";
}

$post_list = (array)$wpdb->get_results("
SELECT ID, post_title, post_date
FROM {$table_prefix}posts, {$table_prefix}post2cat
WHERE {$table_prefix}posts.ID = {$table_prefix}post2cat.post_id 
{$cat_sel_code} 
AND post_status = 'publish' 
AND post_type != 'page' 
{$sort_code} 
{$limit_code} 
");

} else { // post 2.3

$cat_sel_code = ' ';
if (!$all_cats) {
$cat_sel_code = " AND {$table_prefix}term_taxonomy.term_id = {$catID} ";
}

$post_list = (array)$wpdb->get_results("
SELECT ID, 
post_title, 
post_date
FROM {$table_prefix}posts, {$table_prefix}term_relationships, {$table_prefix}term_taxonomy
WHERE {$table_prefix}posts.ID = {$table_prefix}term_relationships.object_id
AND {$table_prefix}term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id = {$table_prefix}term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id
AND {$table_prefix}term_taxonomy.taxonomy = 'category' 
{$cat_sel_code}
AND post_status = 'publish' 
AND post_type != 'page' 
{$sort_code} 
{$limit_code} 
");

}


// use random ID when showing all
if ($all_cats) {
$randstr = '';
$maxchar = 8;
$chars = str_shuffle('abcdef1234567890');
$len = strlen($chars);
for ($i = 0; $i < $maxchar; $i++) {
$randstr .= $chars[mt_rand(0, $len-1)];
}
$catID = $randstr;
}


if ($ddpl_type == 'jump') {

$t_out .= '<form class="ddpl-form" name="catform' . $catID. '" id="catform' . $catID. '" action="">';
$t_out .= $ddpl_before_list;
$t_out .= '<select name="jumpMenu' . $catID. '" id="jumpMenu' . $catID. '" onchange="MM_jumpMenu(\'parent\',this,0)">';

if ($ddpl_default != '') {
$t_out .= '<option value="">' . $ddpl_default . '</option>';
}

foreach ($post_list as $p) {
$t_out .= '<option value="' . get_permalink($p->ID) . '">' . $p->post_title . '</option>';
}

$t_out .= '</select>';
$t_out .= $ddpl_after_list;
$t_out .= '</form>';

} else {

$t_out .= '<form class="ddpl-form" name="catform' . $catID. '" id="catform' . $catID. '">';
$t_out .= $ddpl_before_list;
$t_out .= '<select>';

foreach ($post_list as $p) {
$t_out .= '<option value="' . get_permalink($p->ID) . '">' . $p->post_title . '</option>';
}

$t_out .= '</select>';
$t_out .= $ddpl_after_list;
$t_out .= '<input type="button" value="' . stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($ddpl_button)) . '" onClick="MM_jumpMenu(\'parent\', this.form.elements[0], 0)"></form>';

}


return $ddpl_before_form . $t_out . $ddpl_after_form;
}



function ddpl_check($content) {

// remove P tags around html comments (comment out to disable)
$content = preg_replace('/<p>\s*<!--(.*)-->\s*<\/p>/i', "<!--$1-->", $content); 

$results = array();

preg_match_all("/<!--\s?ddpl\s?(.*)\s?-->/", $content, $results);

$i = 0;
foreach ($results[0] as $r) {
$content = str_replace($r, ddpl_list($results[1][$i]), $content);
$i++;
}

return $content;
}



function ddpl_head() {
echo "
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
<!--
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
eval(targ+\".location='\"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+\"'\");
if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}
//-->
</script>
";
}


add_action('admin_menu', 'ddpl_add_option_pages');
add_filter('the_content', 'ddpl_check');
add_action('wp_head', 'ddpl_head');

?>

ass

Cool script. It would great if I was able to pass an argument to dppl_list to create the default choice. I’m trying to make a list for each of my cateogries and their needs to be a default vaulue so people know where they are.

This is fantastic and is SO very close to what I need. What I am actually looking for is a way to have this function be a part of a custom write panel. Basically, I’d like the author to be able to be able to write a new post and have a dropdown that lists all the posts in a certain category (or post type) so that they can easily link the two together. Can you provide any help on this kind of feature?

Found it works with the CatID number but not the ID name.

Good enough!

Thanks!

Kermit

I can define the width to some degree but as soon as I use it or navigate away from the original call it blows the width

Hi, first thank you for share your work, I enjoy your plugin.
I have an issue that others users have got too. The plugin works fine but the same post name appears two or three times in the list, any sugestion?
Thank you again,

fum.

fum.

This looks like exactly what I need, but ….

Can I get this to work with tags instead of categories?

I’m trying to have a drop-down list of neighborhoods in Tallahassee (over 1,000 of them) from articles that I’ve written and tagged with the neighborhood name.

Thanks.

I’m trying to test this for a friend and my one issue is that I can’t adjust the width. I’ve used your css in more ways than one and the darn thing stays exactly the same width at all times.

Doesn’t seem to work with 2.9.1. Installed, options chosen, trigger text put in page. Nothing appears. What is needed to make it appear?

So would it be possible to use get_cat_id() function in
to get the ID of the category within the single.php page and have it display all it’s post from that category?? So then i won’t have to manually add every single number to all my post.

Hi there – GREAT Plugin.

What I’d really like to be able to do is limit the amount of words that the list displays of every post post.
For example I would like it to display the 1st word of each post in a category not the complete post title with “limit=1″ or something. Not sure if this can be done? But would be great.

how do i get the category id, when i insert the code into my single.php file. I’m saying is it possible to have a code to get the ID of the category in the post page.

hey there, thanks for the plugin, really cool!
i seem to have a couple problems, though, and it’s been mentioned once. the posts are doubling up, sometimes tripling on the list. also, in firefox it doesn’t seem to list all the posts and I don’t have a limit set. otherwise it works great! any help is much appreciated and thanks again for a great plugin!

Hi – does your plugin enable you to see the posts within a sub-category ? eg. Category “New Zealand” sees the sub-categories “Nth Island” & “Sth Island”.

This is exactly what I needed to make sure my visitors get past the first page (and even to the bottom of it). One small quirk (and you’re not alone in this): on my Blackberry, the list shows up, I can set the page, but there’s no way that I can find to click or anything to go there. I know some plugins can make this happen, but I have no idea how. Do you?

Mandy, Yuna: try combining this with the Exec-PHP plug-in and a text widget. Works for me in WordPress 2.8.3.

What I’d love is a complement to this plug-in that presents recent *comments* as a dropdown!

Can you put in a custom field so a specific category drop down list shows up on specific posts?

Any way to put this on the sidebar other than editing template files?

Hi,

I have a couple of categories:

http://www.myblog.com/category/news/
http://www.myblog.com/category/google/
http://www.myblog.com/category/books/

News is cat ID 1, Google 2, Books 3.

I want the menu to appear at the top of each of those pages, but can’t exactly find those category pages (they are not under pages in wordpress), how can I do that?

I am using WP 2.7.1 and the latest plugin version

How would I put this inside a widget?

Hi there

I’m looking for a way to select multiple posts and then show the selected posts on a single page.

For example to make 3 dropdown selectboxes each one showing the posts of one category. After selecting a post in each selectbox and pressing a button or something the selcted posts should show one after the other.

Is this possible with the Drop-Down Post List Plugin?

Thanks!! Floris

It has stopped working. I am not sure how long ago. I have had to disable it, as it is no good saying “select post” when none of the posts are listed. How do i get it to work again? Are there plugins that are not compatible? Which ones? I am running Wordpress 2.7.1. Any help would be appreciated.

HI

How can I install this plugin in to the wordpress 2.7.1.

pls help me to install this plugin

Hi,

Excellent plugin – thanks for sharing.

In the site I am creating I would like to change the (Select a Post0 to (Select a Profile). I tried to edit the plugin by doing the following:

add_option(‘ddpl_default’, ‘(select a profile)’);

and

update_option(‘ddpl_default’, ‘(select a profile)’);

but this does not seem t have any effect.

If you could help me out here, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks

AWESOMELY easy add-in – THANKS !

But I cant seem to get it to sort alphabetically (by title).

No matter how many times I go into the options, it doesnt seem to retain it. Any ideas or dependencies?

I just installed this, but I don’t see a DDPostList options page. Did I miss something?

Update: The plugin also does not work within an existing table.

Thanks.. just what we needed. You can see your plugging in action here: http://www.radioinox.com

we should be able to add more than 1 category…

unless…..the small recent upgrade from WP 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 broke it? That about the only thing that changed, and that was only 2 new files I think.

Thanks Very Good

Great.. works excellent for me.

hmm some of my plugins caused problems … it works now

sorry! there’s no problem if i log out (or see the site from an other browser) everything works normally
thanks again for the plugin!

any chances you could make the plugin for a drop down menu of authors in a similar way this plugin works

Thank a TON for the update!

can this plugin be change to list pages as a drop down?

Hello !
This great plugin doesn’t show the private posts, even when logged…
Any Ideas on how to enable that ?
Thanks !

Hello. I love this plug-in, its great for webcomics, BUT I also want to use this with a W3C xhtml 1.0 Valid website. When I add this plug-in My website is no longer valid xhtml. I think the error lies in the plug-in itself, as this page generates the same kind of validation error because it has the plug-in.

http://validator.w3.org/

What if I want this to work on all categories? how can I make it work with all categories?

sorry but how do i set the options for the drop down? I’ve activated the plugin but I can’t see any option settings?

Sorry, but for I reveiving Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘;’, expecting ‘)’ , I’ve checked everythings.. Could somebody help?

Thanks a lot for this plugin….

Hi,

I’ve been trying to get your plugin working here:
http://wirelife.co.uk/?page_id=7

But it doesn’t seem to be working. If you could help me i’d be very grateful.

Regards,
Davthalas

Is there anyway to change the List name

For example the defautlt is set to “Select a Post” I tried searching in the plug in to change to a different text like “more posts here”

But cant figure out how..

Was I-O’s question ever answered? I have the same question. What happened to support for this plug in.
I would like to display the drop down list at the bottom of my individual category pages.

EG// say I have 3 categories Parties, Recipes and Events when you click on these the first 5 posts for each are displayed and at the bottom is the drop down list for all of them…I tried pasting it into category.php and got a blank page.

Is there a way to set a variable for category ID so you can inset the code in the single post template and it automatically checks the category ID and displays those posts in the drop down?

Does it support Pages?I want to have a dropdown list for PAGES too.

Hi,

I’m very new at wordpress.. how do you make it appear like what’s on http://www.hernadezlife.com? Its basically sitting on the right hand sidebar with a title called All Entries.

Thanks

sorry…forgot to wrap the code

<?php echo ddpl_list(#); ?>

I realize that it is possible to setup several of your tags to display all posts from all categories,… but can you setup just one tag to display all posts from all categories?

Sorry,… I don’t believe that I was specific enough with my previous post on this subject.

Is it possible to display ALL posts from ALL categories?

Great plugin! Thank you once again!!

Ditto what Corrine said. It would be great if the menus could display links to posts OR links to categories/subcategories.

Thanks – this worked great and I need things to be very simple. I did it!

Thanks. I really like your plugins. I just upgraded to WordPress 2.3 and was pleased to see that your plugins were compatible. This was not the case with some of my other plugins – as a result, I had to ditch a few of them and I replaced one of them with this one.

Is it possible to have a version to display link categories?

I guess that would require a lot of extra work…. Just a thought.

this is awesome, thanks a lot!