Hierarchical custom taxonomy links in a Custom HTML widget

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Problem: I would like to use the custom shortcode get_taxonomy_items to display links to hierarchical term archives in a Custom HTML widget, but the term links appear before the widget instead of inside the widget.

Solution: When used in a Custom HTML widget, this custom shortcode must be modified as shown:

/* modifica per categorie personalizzate */
function get_taxonomy_items_func($atts){
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
'taxonomy_name' => '',
), $atts ) );
$args = array(
'taxonomy' => $taxonomy_name,
'hierarchical' => 1,
'title_li'=>0
);
ob_start();
wp_list_categories( $args );
return ob_get_clean(); 
}
add_shortcode('get_taxonomy_items', 'get_taxonomy_items_func');

Then insert this code in the Custom HTML widget:

<ul class="widget_categories">
    [get_taxonomy_items taxonomy_name="tribunali"]
</ul>

Relevant Documentation: @https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-to-create-a-view-which-displays-taxonomy-as-proper-indented-hierarchy/#post-368307

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Tagged: Setting up custom taxonomy, Types plugin

This topic contains 5 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by fulvioT 6 years, 10 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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March 11, 2018 at 8:21 am #624040

fulvioT

Hi,

I am trying to insert a personal taxonomy into a widget.
I follow your instruction at https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-to-create-a-view-which-displays-taxonomy-as-proper-indented-hierarchy/#post-368307

And create a html widget text with the following code

[get_taxonomy_items taxonomy_name="tribunali"]

But when I open a page the taxonomy elements appears outside the widget see screenshot.

Can I solve it?

thanks
fulvio

March 11, 2018 at 7:27 pm #624082

Christian Cox

The shortcode provided in the other ticket does not create the white pane for you, it only creates the text links. If you want to add the white background, you can copy the markup from the other category widget on the page. Place the entire contents in the HTML widget:

<aside id="ts-tribunali-hierarchy-1" class="widget inner-padding widget_categories">
  <h2 class="widget-title">Tribunali</h2>
  <div>
    <ul>[get_taxonomy_items taxonomy_name="tribunali"]</ul>
  </div>
</aside>

This will apply the same styles you can see in the Categorie Generali widget.

March 12, 2018 at 6:37 am #624152

fulvioT

Hi,

I try to follow your instruction but the result is the same, the elements are out-of-panel.

May be I don't clear: my elements are Milano, Totino that are show before the title and out-of-panel

thanks
fulvio

March 12, 2018 at 4:43 pm #624333

Christian Cox

Can I look in your wp-admin area to see how you have this widget configured? Please provide login credentials in the private reply fields here.

March 12, 2018 at 8:37 pm #624413

Christian Cox

Okay I see the problem. I made an adjustment in the functions.php file, adding ob_start() and ob_get_clean():

/* modifica per categorie personalizzate */
function get_taxonomy_items_func($atts){
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
'taxonomy_name' => '',
), $atts ) );
$args = array(
'taxonomy' => $taxonomy_name,
'hierarchical' => 1,
'title_li'=>0
);
ob_start();
wp_list_categories( $args );
return ob_get_clean(); 
}

Then in the HTML widget I modified the code to inherit the other category link formatting:

<ul class="widget_categories">
	[get_taxonomy_items   taxonomy_name="tribunali"]
</ul>

Please check now.

March 13, 2018 at 9:24 am #624536

fulvioT

thanks for all