Display the date and category of the post

I’m afraid we don’t have that option right now.

Technically you could use the “crp_output_list_item” plugin hook as mentioned here:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/show-featured-image-with-the-title/

@brechtvds
Thanks for the quick response!

Hi @brechtvds

I added this code to your plugin file (/helpers/output.php). And it works the way I wanted!
Here are the changes (added lines “Customization”):

$output .= '<div class="crp-list-item-title"><a href="' . $relation['permalink'] . '"' . $link_target . '>';
$output .= $relation['title'];
$output .= '</a></div>';

/********** Customization **********/
$relateddate = get_the_date( 'F j, Y', $relation['id'] );
$relatedcat = get_the_category( $relation['id'] );
$output .= '<div class="p-crp-list-item-date">' . $relateddate . '</div>';
$output .= '<div class="p-crp-list-item-category">In "' . $relatedcat[0]->cat_name . '"</div>';
/********** ********** **********/

if ( in_array( CustomRelatedPosts::setting( 'template_image' ), array( 'below', 'right' ) ) ) {
      $output .= $image;
}

But I don’t know how to add this using a “crp_output_list_item” hook to avoid making changes directly to the plugin file (use a theme functions.php file instead), because every time I update the plugin I’ll have to add this code again.

Thanks!

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by dev_John.

You could try adding this to your (child) theme’s functions.php file:

function crp_output_list_item( $output, $post_id, $relation ) {
	$relateddevdate = get_the_date( 'F j, Y', $relation['id'] );
    $relateddevcategory = get_the_category( $relation['id'] );
    $extra_output = '<div class="dev-custom-crp-list-item-date">' . $relateddevdate . '</div>';
    $extra_output .= '<div class="dev-custom-crp-list-item-category">In "' . $relateddevcategory[0]->cat_name . '"</div>';

	return str_replace( '</li>', $extra_output . '</li>', $output );
}
add_filter( 'crp_output_list_item', 'crp_output_list_item', 10, 3 );

Take note that this will only work when using a list item container. You’d have to change the if you’re using something else.

@brechtvds

If I add this code to my theme functions.php file:

function crp_output_list_item( $output, $post_id ) {
    // Some code
}
add_filter( 'crp_output_list_item', 'crp_output_list_item', 10, 2 );

Will this code COMPLETELY replace the whole/entire function (function output_relation( $relation ) in /helpers/output.php) of your plugin?

Thanks!

@brechtvds

I added the code you wrote to the theme’s functions.php file. And commented out my code in the plugin file (/helpers/output.php).
This does not work, the category and date fields are no longer displayed on the page.

Are you using an “Unordered List” as the container on the Settings > Custom Related Posts > Template page?

@brechtvds

Oh, sorry! Yes, It’s great!
Thanks a lot for your help!