I have a hieratical category structure using Taxonomies, with a custom post displayed within them.

Currently the higher level categories display all the posts that are in their child categories. How do I make it only list from the current category only and not their children.

I'm currently using the default code.

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

I'm not a programmer and have not been ably to find anything with an exact or close enough match for me to work it out.

I have a hieratical category structure using Taxonomies, with a custom post displayed within them.

Currently the higher level categories display all the posts that are in their child categories. How do I make it only list from the current category only and not their children.

I'm currently using the default code.

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

I'm not a programmer and have not been ably to find anything with an exact or close enough match for me to work it out.

• custom-post-types
• custom-taxonomy
• custom-post-type-archives

• possible duplicate of How to only show posts on last child category – Pieter Goosen Commented Nov 3, 2014 at 18:20
• I'm not sure it is a duplicate but is similar.. The solution ciprianmocanu gave is easier to implement or at least understand. – Legin76 Commented Nov 4, 2014 at 12:02
• You should never change the main query for a custom one. The 2nd solution by @ialocin is the correct way to achieve this. And that solution is real easy – Pieter Goosen Commented Nov 4, 2014 at 12:27
• Where should I put it? I've tried both before and after if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); with no luck. – Legin76 Commented Nov 4, 2014 at 14:48
• Add it in functions.php – Pieter Goosen Commented Nov 4, 2014 at 14:49

1 Answer 1

Did you try WP_Query? Using my knowledge and the WP_Query documentation, I did this:

$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'my_post_type', //change the post type here
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'tax_query' => array(
        array(
            'taxonomy' => 'my_category', //change the taxonomy name here
            'field' => 'id',
            'include_children' => false,
            'terms' => 10 //change the term id here 
        )
    )
);
$_query = new WP_Query($args);

if ($_query->have_posts()):
    while ($_query->have_posts()):
        $_query->the_post();
        
        //do something here the_title() etc
    endwhile;
endif;

wp_reset_query();

The magic should come from the include_children attribute. Test it out :)

Is this what you wanted?