Huw Tyler

Found it myself, it turns out it’s quite a nice straightforward workaround.
Nice little function if anyone wants it…

<?php print @count(get_terms( 'TAXONOMY-NAME' )); ?>

Found this very helpful: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/custom-post-type-in-wordpress-30-menu?replies=8

Fixed!

GOT IT!
Thanks so much for all your help… a true expert.
The effect is exactly what I wanted and I’ve spend literally days trying to figure this out. Tempted to export that section of code as a plugin. Could be really useful. I’ve not seen it done before.

Nice tip, definitely got me closer.
It’s currently struggling to use get_the_post_thumbnail()

I’ve currently got this:

$thumbnailid = (int)$item->object_id;
$thumbnail = get_the_post_thumbnail($thumbnailid);

$thumbnailid works well, it gets what I need.
$thumbnail returns a NULL.

Even get_the_post_thumbnail(6) returns nothing.

It seems every time I try to define the specific item I need, it closes up on me!
It’s wierd that get_the_post_thumbnail() without anything in brackets returns a thumbnail!

Weird!

Any clues?

Still trying to work this out, it’s been days of trawling through code chasing variables.
Does anyone know where the info about the post/page/CPT is passed into the menu. It seems the menu uses a whole different set of variables and getting any post/page information is next to impossible… any help?

Anyone got any ideas on how to do the same thing but instead of displaying the title and description, show the item’s thumbnail?
$item_output .= $args->link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID ) . $args->link_after;

This line show the title, is there any way of doing $item->thumbnail or a workaround hack?

I’m guessing this is the section I need to borrow and edit for my use:?

class Walker_Nav_Menu extends Walker {
	/**
	 * @see Walker::$tree_type
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 * @var string
	 */
	var $tree_type = array( 'post_type', 'taxonomy', 'custom' );

	/**
	 * @see Walker::$db_fields
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 * @todo Decouple this.
	 * @var array
	 */
	var $db_fields = array( 'parent' => 'menu_item_parent', 'id' => 'db_id' );

	/**
	 * @see Walker::start_lvl()
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $output Passed by reference. Used to append additional content.
	 * @param int $depth Depth of page. Used for padding.
	 */
	function start_lvl(&$output, $depth) {
		$indent = str_repeat("\t", $depth);
		$output .= "\n$indent<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n";
	}

	/**
	 * @see Walker::end_lvl()
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $output Passed by reference. Used to append additional content.
	 * @param int $depth Depth of page. Used for padding.
	 */
	function end_lvl(&$output, $depth) {
		$indent = str_repeat("\t", $depth);
		$output .= "$indent</ul>\n";
	}

	/**
	 * @see Walker::start_el()
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $output Passed by reference. Used to append additional content.
	 * @param object $item Menu item data object.
	 * @param int $depth Depth of menu item. Used for padding.
	 * @param int $current_page Menu item ID.
	 * @param object $args
	 */
	function start_el(&$output, $item, $depth, $args) {
		global $wp_query;
		$indent = ( $depth ) ? str_repeat( "\t", $depth ) : '';

		$class_names = $value = '';

		$classes = empty( $item->classes ) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;
		$classes[] = 'menu-item-' . $item->ID;

		$class_names = join( ' ', apply_filters( 'nav_menu_css_class', array_filter( $classes ), $item ) );
		$class_names = ' class="' . esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"';

		$id = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_item_id', 'menu-item-'. $item->ID, $item, $args );
		$id = strlen( $id ) ? ' id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';

		$output .= $indent . '<li' . $id . $value . $class_names .'>';

		$attributes  = ! empty( $item->attr_title ) ? ' title="'  . esc_attr( $item->attr_title ) .'"' : '';
		$attributes .= ! empty( $item->target )     ? ' target="' . esc_attr( $item->target     ) .'"' : '';
		$attributes .= ! empty( $item->xfn )        ? ' rel="'    . esc_attr( $item->xfn        ) .'"' : '';
		$attributes .= ! empty( $item->url )        ? ' href="'   . esc_attr( $item->url        ) .'"' : '';

		$item_output = $args->before;
		$item_output .= '<a'. $attributes .'>';
		$item_output .= $args->link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID ) . $args->link_after;
		$item_output .= '</a>';
		$item_output .= $args->after;

		$output .= apply_filters( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args );
	}

	/**
	 * @see Walker::end_el()
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $output Passed by reference. Used to append additional content.
	 * @param object $item Page data object. Not used.
	 * @param int $depth Depth of page. Not Used.
	 */
	function end_el(&$output, $item, $depth) {
		$output .= "</li>\n";
	}
}

If so, is it this following section I would need to edit…

$attributes  = ! empty( $item->attr_title ) ? ' title="'  . esc_attr( $item->attr_title ) .'"' : '';
		$attributes .= ! empty( $item->target )     ? ' target="' . esc_attr( $item->target     ) .'"' : '';
		$attributes .= ! empty( $item->xfn )        ? ' rel="'    . esc_attr( $item->xfn        ) .'"' : '';
		$attributes .= ! empty( $item->url )        ? ' href="'   . esc_attr( $item->url        ) .'"' : '';

		$item_output = $args->before;
		$item_output .= '<a'. $attributes .'>';
		$item_output .= $args->link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID ) . $args->link_after;
		$item_output .= '</a>';
		$item_output .= $args->after;

If so, how do I call the thumbnail. I ask because things like the_title() don’t get used so will post_thumbnail() work here?

What do you mean by the walk() method, don’t know where you’re finding this?

Sorry to keep asking. I think I’m closer, very much appreciate your spoon feeding!!

Thanks for this Michael. Thanks for getting back to me.
Could you clarify this, where I should put these items and how I then call the post_thumbnail… ?

I’m not familiar with the walker class

jQuery is very possible in WP. WP has a whole load of output tags and variables that easily drop into any html, jscript etc. I can be fiddly if you don’t know JQuery but there’s plenty of tutorials and resources for image galleries etc out there

As in your theme? You should just save these in wp-content/themes/{yourtheme}

Sorry if I missed the point

Got it! This is a neat trick for listing posts on a page above ordinary content:

<?php $args = array(
				'posts_per_page' => 4,
				'post_type' => 'post',
			);

			query_posts($args);

    if (have_posts()) : ?>

      <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
      	[POST PROPERTIES IN HERE]

       <?php endwhile; ?>
       <?php endif; ?>

Then make sure you <?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

Then you can have a normal loop below that.

If someone spots that this is bad practice or will cause trouble in the future, please say but for now, enjoy posting posts on pages!!

Thanks for that esmi. I’ve had a look through that and tried to implement it into the site I’m working on.

It works for posts but won’t work for the times when I want to mix Posts onto a Page.

I’m using query_posts or the standard loop to call a list of posts, then have a secondary loop to call the page (which is a PAGE rather than a number of posts). It works for listing posts but not pages.

I’ve also tried to rewind_posts(). Again this works for posts but won’t call a page.

Is there something that I can call the page I want that doesn’t affect the loop?

Help!!