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Version 1.6   Updated Friday, February 20th, 2009 at 7:19pm

Other Posts from Cat plugin for WordPress

This plugin will show the last X posts from the current category at the bottom of every post, or where you manually specify in each post. Using the built-in options page, you can choose the number of posts to show, set the header text, choose to show the post dates, select the format of the date, and choose whether or not to include the current post in the list. The latest version also has an option to show recent posts from all categories the current post is in.

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  • Latest Release (For WordPress 2.0 through 2.8+)
  • International Version (For WordPress 2.0 through 2.2)

    One of our visitors sent in an internationalized version of this plugin, with full support for international text and date formatting! It includes English and Spanish support. This version is only supported by WordPress 2.0 through 2.2, and will not work in 2.3 or higher!

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Instructions

  • Download the above file, rename it from .txt to .php, and upload it to your plugins directory.
  • Enable the plugin.
  • Configure the plugin options (under DDOtherPostsFromCat).
  • Test it out by viewing a post.

Change Log

  • 04-27-08 Version 1.6 Added an option for excluded categories. Also a few other minor fixes.
  • 09-29-07 Version 1.5 Updated for WordPress 2.3. Added ‘Load Default Options’ button.
  • 06-11-07 Version 1.41 Added wrapper class around output (.ddop)
  • 05-16-07 Version 1.4 Updated for WordPress 2.2.
  • 01-28-07 Version 1.3 Fixed an issue in which a database error would occur when the plugin is set to check all categories that the post is in, and it is in only one.
  • 08-09-06 Version 1.2 Now if showing posts from all categories the current post is in, you can also choose to split them up into multiple lists (per category).
  • 08-08-06 Version 1.1 By request, the plugin now features an option to show recent posts from all categories the current post is in. It also has a CSS class added for easy changes.
  • 04-19-06 Version 1.0 First release. This is very similar to my ‘Posts by Author’ plugin but it lists other posts from the same category, instead of other posts by the current author.

Notice

Currently this plugin checks the first category a post is assigned to when generating a list of other posts in the same category. This means that it will work best for those of you who only assign one category to posts.

Styling

This plugin now has a div wrapped around the output with the ddop class assigned to it. For example, if you wanted to decrease the size of the text in the output, add this to your CSS file:

.ddop { font-size: 90%; }

Options

Here are the options available in this plugin’s options page in the WordPress admin panel.

Show at the bottom of every post

If enabled, this plugin will generate its data at the bottom of every post, before the comments section.

NOTICE: No matter what you have this set to, you can also manually call this plugin by entering the following line where you want the data to be shown in your post:

<!-- ddpostsfromcat -->

Check all categories that current post is in

With this option enabled, recent posts from all the categories (that the current post is in) will be shown. It will also show all of these categories in the heading (if you are showing one). Disabled, it will simply show other posts in the first category this post is found in.

Split categories into separate lists

This option only applies if the previous option (check all categories that current post is in) is set. It will allow you to split up the posts into multiple lists (per category) instead of all the posts being in a single list.

Number of posts to show from this category

This is the number of posts from the current category that will be shown.

Text to show before list

This is the header for the post list. If you want to use the category title in this text, use %C.

Show date after listed posts

This will show the post date after each post in the list.

Date format

If you are showing the date after posts, this will allow you to configure the date format (using the standard PHP date() format)

Include current post in list

This sets whether or not the post being viewed should show up in the list of other posts from this category.

Show newest posts first

If checked, this will show the newest posts first in the list. If not checked, it will show the oldest posts first.

Excluded Categories

This is a comma-separated list of category names you want excluded from this plugin. It is not case sensitive.

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  1. 90
    victor
    4-25-07 11:37AM

    “Is it possible to show content along with the Title using the_excerpt or the_excerpt_reloaded? I’m trying to make a two column page that shows only posts from the same category, and the only solution I can find is your plug-in on the left, and a loop on the right column with an offset by the number in the left.”
    I’m interested to. Pls mail me:)

  2. 89
    Admin
    4-19-07 10:34PM

    Saman: Fixing now :)

  3. 88
    Saman Sadeghi
    4-19-07 12:24PM

    I just wanted to let you know that, on v.1.3, when you’re in the plugin’s config page, it says it’s version 1.2!

  4. 87
    Admin
    4-16-07 11:33PM

    John: Sure. Find this line:

    AND post_status = 'publish'

    And after it add this:

    AND post_date < NOW()

    (you have to do this twice, look for both instances of that line)

  5. 86
    John Pozadzides
    4-16-07 3:00AM

    Thanks for this plugin. I just installed it and it seems like it’s going to work out nicely. I just have one little issue that I’m surprised no one else has caught yet.

    I write a lot of my posts in advance, and the plugin is displaying links to upcoming posts, which of course people cannot get to just yet.

    Is there a way to change it so that it does not show future dated posts?

    Thanks,

    John

  6. 85
    Chris
    4-14-07 8:42AM

    Very nice plugin, it’s indeed a useful tool for my blog, thank you so much

  7. 84
    Admin
    4-8-07 6:06PM

    Preetinder: The function currently has to be ran from the loop, which is why it will not work in the sidebar.

    Daiv: Yes, there is an issue with this. I made mention of it in the article above. It works best when you are only assigning one category to each post.

    Ken: Yes that is possibe. Check your email.

  8. 83
    ken
    4-7-07 6:49PM

    Is it possible to show content along with the Title using the_excerpt or the_excerpt_reloaded? I’m trying to make a two column page that shows only posts from the same category, and the only solution I can find is your plug-in on the left, and a loop on the right column with an offset by the number in the left.

  9. 82
    Daiv
    3-29-07 2:41AM

    Ref comment # 78, I did the work around of deactivating the multiple categories option in admin. There seams to be a problem with multi cats, perhaps when there is only one cat. other posts plugin is working very well, Thanx so much for your efforts / hard work.

  10. 81
    Preetinder
    3-25-07 6:00AM

    Great Plugin.

    How do i display latest posts in current category in sidebar ?

    I want to display all the posts under the current category in sidebar.

    If i just place this code in sidebar 

    
<?php echo ddop_show_posts(); ?>

    it will show wrong category posts.

    I know it works if it is used in the loop, but isn’t there any way to grab the category id by placing some code in loop and displaying links outside the loop ?

    Any help will be highly appreciated.

  11. 80
    Wordpress Plugins - Irish SEO, Marketing & Webmaster Discussion
    3-19-07 7:32AM

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  12. 79
    Admin
    3-18-07 3:13PM

    Daiv: Something else you can try – instead of using that mod, replace this code:

    if (mysql_num_rows($cat_list)) {
	$ddop_other_cats = FALSE;
}

    With this:

    $ddop_other_cats = FALSE;

  13. 78
    Daiv
    3-17-07 1:44PM

    Hi, great plugin, it seams to be working for me, presents the lists of posts. But I am getting an error;
    Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /site/wp-content/plugins/dd-posts-from-cat.php on line 195
    I have the latest WP and your file from above, I’ve tried the suggested hack: if ((count($cat_list) > 0) && (mysql_num_rows($cat_list))) { It then displays the various Cats and post lists, but I get the same error.

  14. 77
    Turker
    3-10-07 6:45AM

    Thanks. It worked great!

  15. 76
    Admin
    3-8-07 8:33PM

    Turker: You can insert the following code into your template file. Just make sure it is within the ‘loop’:

    <?php echo ddop_show_posts(); ?>

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