hierarchical taxonomy not sorted correctly within hierarchy

    • i’m using this plugin along with some code to display (query) all the custom posts (CPT: “menu”) on a page, grouped together by the custom taxonomy: “menucategory”.
    • the custom tax (menucategory) is hierarchical, and i would like these items grouped together

    the test page is here:
    https://viatransferdev.tracyappsdesign.com/menu/

    here’s the code for that page:

    <?php $terms = get_terms('menucategory');
  	$count = count($terms); ?>
  		<?php if ($count > 0) {
  			foreach ( $terms as $term) { ?>

  			<h2 class="menuCategoryTitle"><?php echo $term->name; ?></h2>
			<div class="menuCategory">
  				<?php $loop = new WP_Query(array('menucategory' => $term->slug, 'post_type' => menu, 'orderby' => custom_sort, 'order' => ASC));
            				while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
  						<div class="menuItem">
  							<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
  							<?php the_content(); ?>
  						</div><!--/menuItem-->
  					<?php endwhile; ?>
  			</div><!--/menuCategory-->
  		<?php }
  	} ?>

    and this is how the hierarchy of the custom tax is set up: (the “order” value will be in parentheses)

    • Pizza (1)
    • Traditional Pizzas (10)
    • Specialty Pizzas (20)
    • Appetizers (10)

    (i number by 10’s so that if the client wants to add a category between 2 and 3 (of like, 20) all the others after don’t need to be renumbered as well)

    is this a bug? something wrong with my code? or am i misunderstanding how the plugin works?

    thanks!

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/custom-taxonomy-sort/

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  • Thread Starter tracy apps

    (@tray)

    with further troubleshooting, i found that the code i was using wasn’t even responding to any sorting. so i replaced it with the following code, and i’m still getting the same issue. the PARENT taxonomy is showing the posts within all their CHILDREN taxonomy.

    new code:

    <?php $categories = get_terms('menucategory', 'orderby=custom_sort&order=ASC&hide_empty=true&hierarchical=true');
foreach( $categories as $category ):
?>
	<h2 class="menuCategoryTitle"><?php echo $category->name; ?></h2>

	<?php
		$posts = get_posts(array(
			'post_type' => 'menu',
			'taxonomy' => $category->taxonomy,
			'term' => $category->slug,
			'nopaging' => true,
			));
			foreach($posts as $post):
			setup_postdata($post); ?>

			<div class="menuItem">
				<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
				<?php the_content(); ?>
			</div><!--/menuItem-->

	<?php endforeach; ?>
  <?php endforeach; ?>

    what i need is for the page to display all the posts (CPT: “menu”), grouped by taxonomy (“menucategory”), BUT when the taxonomy has a parent, the parent should just display the title, then the child taxonomies listed below (still with the CPT posts grouped within each)

    is this even possible? i really have a hard time believing this should be this difficult!

    Thread Starter tracy apps

    (@tray)

    just to clarify, what i want is the page to display like this:

    Pizza
    Traditional Pizzas

    • Italian Sausage Pizza…
    • Cheese Pizza…

    Specialty Pizzas

    • Stacy’s Special…

    Appetizers

    • Bruschetta Tradizionale
    • Cheese Plate

    @tray

    Maybe this link will help you get started:

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14136007/custom-taxonomy-list-with-children-and-post-included-not-working

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