Hueman Dynamic Tabs

  • Hi again!
    I want to display random blog posts in my right hand sidebar using the Hueman Theme. Hueman Dynamic Tabs displays a perfect layout with thumbnail and blog title. How do I get it to display them randomly?
    See this link https://qsign.se/
    The top of the right sidebar displays the layout I want (thumbnail to the left and blog title to the right) but I can’t control how the posts are displayed. In the bottom part of the right sidebar I have tried using Category Posts Sidebar Widget, but this layout doesn’t display well and I can’t control the size of the headings (also the fontsize of the headings change when I navigate the website – very odd).

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  • Hi christinamaria.

    1. Using your host file manager (cPanel) or FTP, create a /functions/widgets folder in your child theme.

    2. Copy the parent theme /functions/widgets/alx-tabs.php template file to the same folder in your child theme.

    3. In the child theme alx-tabs.php file change the ‘orderby’ parameter for the Popular Posts query from ‘comment-count’ to ‘rand’:

    <?php
	$popular = new WP_Query( array(
		'post_type'		=> array( 'post' ),
		'showposts'		=> $instance['popular_num'],
		'cat'			=> $instance['popular_cat_id'],
		'ignore_sticky_posts'	=> true,
		'orderby'		=> 'rand',
		'order'			=> 'dsc',
		'date_query' => array(
			array(
				'after' => $instance['popular_time'],
			),
		),
	) );
?>

    Reference: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters

    If you don’t currently have a child theme you can install one using the instructions here:
    https://docs.presscustomizr.com/article/239-using-a-child-theme-with-hueman

    Thread Starter christinamaria

    (@christinamaria)

    Thankyou bdbrown! I have now managed to fix it – with your eminent help!

    You’re welcome; glad you got it working.

    Is there a possibility to ADD a random Tab for Hueman Tabs instead of replacing existing $popular?
    I want to use both of it ^^

    by the way: I created all the needed parts as you explained but the random order (even when I edit the $popular section) does not work. What am I doing wrong?

    thx in advance

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by Heiko.
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