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Organize WordPress Category Archive Listing by Subcategory

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This code replaces a normal category template. It sorts all posts by their category/subcategory instead of bunching them all together and ordering them by date. A bit complicated to explain in a box this size... Check the link for a run through!

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  1. <?php $categories = get_categories("child_of=17"); foreach ($categories as $cat) { ?>
  2. 	<div class="genre_subcat">
  3. 		<?php query_posts("cat=$cat->cat_ID&showposts=-1&order=ASC&orderby=name"); ?>
  4. 		<h2><?php single_cat_title(); ?></h2>
  5. 		<small><?php echo category_description($cat->cat_ID); ?></small>
  6. 		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
  7. 			<div class="post">
  8. 				<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to
  9. 				<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
  10. 				<p class="postdate"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></p>
  11. 				<?php the_content(); ?>
  12. 				<p class="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> |
  13. 				<?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></p>
  14. 			</div>
  15. 		<?php endwhile; ?>
  16. 	</div>
  17. <?php }?>

URL: http://iamnotagoodartist.com/2009/03/wordpress-how-to-sort-category-archive-posts-by-subcategory/

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