[Plugin: My Content Management] Glossary Display Functionality Bug

Also as another sort of related bug report, on:

– mysite.com/glossary-category/social-glossary/

It only displays a few of my terms with no way to browse other terms in that category.

The orderby parameter you’re looking for is ‘title’.

On the second point, it’s hard for me to say anything without knowing what type of page that is. This plugin doesn’t really deal with theme issues, though.

Best,
Joe

Well Ouch!! I was trying to hard code the correct display into my template and you solved it with just one word :(. Thank you!! Btw I marked your plugin as working for 3.3.1 and will donate once my boss ever actually sends me the check :(.

On a side note, for the 2nd issue. During my testing I think I may have figured out something similar so will post here in case it is a bug or just a weird quirk with my theme. In either case, no need to reply I just wanted to post my troubleshooting steps in case it makes anything click.

1. First the link posted above is the default link that the plugin generates to view that specific glossary category.

2. I found out by default, it only lists 10 terms but since the order was not ASC by the title it threw me off.

3. I am not sure how your plugin generates the link above to display the terms for that specific glossary but if I hard code the following code into my template I get the same output as the page generated by your plugin:

<?php

// The Query
$my_loop = new WP_Query( array ( 'post_type' => 'mcm_glossary') );

// The Loop
while ( $my_loop->have_posts() ) : $my_loop->the_post();
	echo '<h3>';
	the_title();
	echo '</h3>';
	the_content();
	endwhile;

// Reset Query
wp_reset_query();
?>

However if I change the query to the following

$my_loop = new WP_Query( array ( 'post_type' => 'mcm_glossary', 'posts_per_page' => -1) );

That is the only way it shows all the terms… So it seems like by default it only displays 10.

Update:
Okay I figured it out.

1. On the glossary category page generated by the plugin which lists all the terms in that category.

A. The list is not sorted alphabetically (title)
B. It is sorted via “menu_order”

C. It only showed 10 terms because that is the number I have saved in “wp-admin >> Settings >> Reading >> Blog pages show at most”

If I change the number in that setting, the category page shows the amount I have there :).

Well thanks again for the plugin and quick solution!!

Yes, if you’re using any native WordPress-generated archive page, it’ll display using your normal WordPress settings. That page is fundamentally equivalent to a blog category page, and displays the same way – 10 items, displayed in the order posted, most recent first.

If you create a custom theme file for that taxonomy you can modify it pretty extensively. Check out the WordPress template hierarchy map to figure out what you should name the file to get a custom taxonomy archive template:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/images/1/18/Template_Hierarchy.png