Change category of posts displayed in Blog Section

Hi,

You can use Elementor for the frontpage, combined with the Orbit Fox plugin, which has a Post type grid widget for Elementor, and that allows you to select a custom post type, and the category you want to use.
https://prnt.sc/l26qil

Regards,
Rodica

Hi,

overall this is working: [ redundant link removed ]
I have my Testimony widget that can display posts from the ‘testimony’ category.
I did not use Elementor to build the page, as I had already worked on it with SiteOrigin, and if I can I’d like to avoid redoing it. I added the “post grid” widget through SiteOrigin builder, which makes it work despite maybe having less customization options through the interface.

I just need one last edit on it and it’ll work fine for me, and maybe you can help me with it:
I currently have a link to my post only available on the h3 title. I would like to have one on the picture as well, to improve a little my users experience. I tried to edit the posts-grid.php file, located in \themeisle-companion\vendor\codeinwp\elementor-extra-widgets\widgets\elementor

I think I need to edit the following, but I might be doing it wrong as it does nothing for me:

	protected function renderImage() {
		$settings = $this->get_settings();

		// Only in editor.
		if ( $settings['grid_image_hide'] !== 'yes' ) {
			// Check if post type has featured image.
			if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {

				if ( $settings['grid_image_link'] == 'yes' ) {
					?>
					<div class="obfx-grid-col-image">
						<a*>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
							<?php
							the_post_thumbnail(
								'full', array(
									'class' => 'img-responsive',
									'alt'   => get_the_title( get_post_thumbnail_id() ),
								)
							); ?>
						</a>
					</div>
				<?php } else { ?>
					<div class="obfx-grid-col-image">
						<?php
						the_post_thumbnail(
							'full', array(
								'class' => 'img-responsive',
								'alt'   => get_the_title( get_post_thumbnail_id() ),
							)
						); ?>
					</div>
					<?php
				}
			}
		}
	}</blockquote>
I changed it to have the following: 
<blockquote>	protected function renderImage() {
		$settings = $this->get_settings();

		// Only in editor.
		if ( $settings['grid_image_hide'] !== 'yes' ) {
			// Check if post type has featured image.
			if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {

				if ( $settings['grid_image_link'] == 'yes' ) {
					?>
					<div class="obfx-grid-col-image">
						<a*>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
							<?php
							the_post_thumbnail(
								'full', array(
									'class' => 'img-responsive',
									'alt'   => get_the_title( get_post_thumbnail_id() ),
								)
							); ?>
						</a>
					</div>
				<?php } else { ?>
					<div class="obfx-grid-col-image">
						<a*>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
						<?php
						the_post_thumbnail(
							'full', array(
								'class' => 'img-responsive',
								'alt'   => get_the_title( get_post_thumbnail_id() ),
							)
						); ?>
						</a>
					</div>
					<?php
				}
			}
		}
	}

(I added * in my <a*> so they’ll display in the forum)
Basically, I want to force it to have a link on the picture in any case, but it’s not doing the trick. Do you have any indication on how I could fix it?

Thanks
Florian

• This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by florianwilhelm.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Fixed formatting, don't use block quote for code