How can I show recent posts from same taxonomy as the post currently being viewed?

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I’m wondering how I can show recent posts from the same taxonomy as the post that’s currently being viewed (working with custom post types and custom taxonomies).

If it was simply a category of a regular post, it would look like this:

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<?php global $post;
$categories = get_the_category();
foreach ($categories as $category) :
?>
<h3>More News From This Category</h3>
<ul>
<?php
$posts = get_posts('numberposts=20&category='. $category->term_id);
foreach($posts as $post) :
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<li><strong><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category->term_id);?>" title="View all posts filed under <?php echo $category->name; ?>">ARCHIVE FOR '<?php echo $category->name; ?>' CATEGORY &raquo;</a></strong></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

But with custom posts/taxonomies, there has to be a different sort of solution. Couldn’t find anything useful so far in the wordpress codex.

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2 comments

  1. Have you tried using get_the_terms()?

    Quick-and-dirty, from your code example:

    <?php 
global $post;
$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'some-term' );
foreach ($terms as $category) :
?>
<h3>More News From This Category</h3>
<ul>
<?php
$posts = get_posts('numberposts=20&category='. $category->term_id);
foreach($posts as $post) :
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<li><strong><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category->term_id);?>" title="View all posts filed under <?php echo $category->name; ?>">ARCHIVE FOR '<?php echo $category->name; ?>' CATEGORY &raquo;</a></strong></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

    See also: the_terms() and get_the_term_list()

  2. To get the terms (from a custom taxonomy called 'my-taxonomy-name') associated with to a post with ID $post_id:

    $terms = get_the_terms( $post_id, 'my-taxonomy-name' );

    That returns an array of term objects. (see Codex) Pick the first one, say:
    $term-slug = $terms[0]->slug;

    And then query using get_posts, it accepts our taxonomy as a key (see

    $args = array(
   'numberposts' => 20,
   'my-taxonomy-name' =>  $term-slug 
);
$posts = get_posts ( $args );

    See the Codex on custom taxonomies and get_posts