how to link to a specific post in the category archive

  • Since upgrading my category archives are limited to 5 posts per page. Which doesn’t bother me that much, other than the fact that I can’t figure out how to link to a specific post in the category archive. For example:

    /index.php?cat=31#post-370

    works only as long as post 370 is still in the last 5 posts in that category.

    Is there a way I can either show all the posts in the category on the one page so that my existing links will work, or that I can re-write the links to take you to the correct page of the category archive (which will obviously change over time as more posts get added)?

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  • Why would you want to link it in that way? You’ve said yourself that the page on which a post shows, will change over time.

    Isn’t it much better to just link to the post permalink?

    Thread Starter knitter

    (@knitter)

    I use this link only when the entire context of the category is relevant to the specific post that people should start reading from.

    I have a knitting blog, my gallery of finished objects has links to the last post I made about each object (with all the technical details and best photos) but it is useful to be able to scroll back and see all the posts about that object. However, if I make more than one of those objects then they will all be together in the one category and there will now be more than one potential starting point to view the category, depending on which object caught your eye. If you click on thumbnail for a pink hat and get taken to the top of the category (because the pink hat has fallen off the first page of the category) and can see only brown hats it is very confusing. Does that make sense?

    If I link only to the specific post then readers can’t easily scroll through the archives on that object to see any problems with the pattern I might have overcome in the process.

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