WP LIST CATS help please

just use wp_list_cats()

Nope, that lists the cats in a list < u l >, I want Computers, Blogging, etc, in a < p > tag.

Thanks

You’ll need some custom code to get what you’re after:

<?php
global $wpdb;
$thecats = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->categories WHERE category_count > 0 ORDER BY cat_name ASC");
$eor = count($thecats) - 1;
foreach($thecats as $thecat) :
?>
<a href="<?php echo get_category_link($thecat->cat_ID); ?>" title="<?php echo wp_specialchars($thecat->category_description); ?>"><?php echo $thecat->cat_name; ?></a><?php if($thecats[$eor] != $thecat) echo ', '; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

This would take the place of <?php wp_list_cats(); ?> in your template.

Hi Kafkaesqui,

Many thanks for the code ??

I am not sure if I am doing something wrong though as this just makes myarchive page white with no code on it.

Thanks
Karl

I tested the code block above, but one can never be %100 sure…

It’s probably just bad placement of the code. Pop your template’s source up here: https://pastebin.co.uk/ (click New Post at the top), and reply back with the link to it.

Hi Kafkaesqui,

Here is the link: https://pastebin.co.uk/603

There is not much on this page so I guess it might conflict with smart archives: https://justinblanton.com/projects/smartarchives/ so that may be where the conflict is.

If this is too much work I fully understand.

Many thanks
Karl

This is working for me:

https://pastebin.co.uk/605

I guessed at the placement of my code. I assumed you would want the category listing just above the output from Smart Archives.

Kafkaesqui,

Thank you so much, I had been wanting to do this for so long and was sure there was a plugin. There wasn’t, so you are a life saver.

Thank you
Karl