Trouble with editing template for “List category posts” plugin

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1. Hey you just opened the plugin’s tag on WordPress Answers 😀

   Can you paste the code of the generated html? From what you describe, you are using it correctly, so I just want to see if the template is being loaded to detect if the problem is on the template side, or a bug on the plugin’s code.

   UPDATE: Ok, I checked your template on a new WordPress install. It was getting the template, but there was some code error, here’s what worked for me:

   I created the list-category-posts folder under wp-content/themes/twentyten and added a new php file called “lcp_template_1.php” with your code. Then created a new post with:

   [catlist template=lcp_template_1]
   

   Now, I started editing your template, I fixed the Show Category code and it’s currently working with this code:

   <?php
   /*
   Plugin Info & license stuff...
   */
   $lcp_output = '';    
   //Show category?
       if ($atts['catlink'] == 'yes'){
           $cat_link = get_category_link($lcp_category_id);
           $cat_title = get_cat_name($lcp_category_id);
           $lcp_output = '<div class="topic-heading"><a href="' . $cat_link . '" title="' . $cat_title . '">' . $cat_title . '</a></div>';
       }
   $lcp_output .= '<div class="post">';//For default ul
   
   //Posts loop:
   
   foreach($catposts as $single):
       $lcp_output .= '<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="' . get_permalink($single->ID) . '">' . $single->post_title . '</a></h2>';
       //Show comments?
       if($atts['comments'] == yes){
           $lcp_output .= ' (' . $single->comment_count . ')';
       }
       //Style for date:
       if($atts['date']=='yes'){
           $lcp_output .= ' <div class="entry-meta"> ' . get_the_time($atts['dateformat'], $single) . '</div>';
       }
       //Show author?
       if($atts['author']=='yes'){
           $lcp_userdata = get_userdata($single->post_author);
           $lcp_output .=' <div class="entry-meta">' .$lcp_userdata->display_name . '</div>';
       }
       //Show thumbnail?
       if($atts['thumbnail']=='yes'){
           $lcp_output .= '<div class="lcp_thumbnail"><a href="' . get_permalink($single->ID) . '">' . get_the_post_thumbnail($single->ID, array('40','40')) .'</a></div>';
       }
   
       //Show content?
       if($atts['content']=='yes' && $single->post_content){
           $lcpcontent = apply_filters('the_content', $single->post_content); // added to parse shortcodes
           $lcpcontent = str_replace(']]>', ']]&gt', $lcpcontent); // added to parse shortcodes
           $lcp_output .= '<p>' . $lcpcontent . '</p>'; // line tweaked to output filtered content
       }
       //Show excerpt?
       if($atts['excerpt']=='yes' && !($atts['content']=='yes' && $single->post_content) ){
           $lcp_output .= lcp_excerpt($single);
       }
       endforeach;
   $lcp_output .= '</div>';
   ?>
   

   Please let me know if this works for you. I should update the default template since the show category code is old and buggy. Will be done for next version.

   UPDATE: 0.15.1 includes a fix for the undeclared lcp_output variable. Also, regarding the thumbnail not displaying, please make sure you’ve modified the theme according to the get_the_post_thumbnail documentation.

   To enable post thumbnails, the current
   theme must include add_theme_support(
   ‘post-thumbnails’ ); in its
   functions.php file. add_theme_support(
   ‘post-thumbnails’ ); must be called
   before the init hook is fired. That
   means it needs to be placed directly
   into functions.php or within a
   function attached to the
   after_setup_theme hook.

   SOLVED:

   As we found out on the comments, the problem was with using STYLESHEETPATH instead of TEMPLATEPATH. This change will be included on the next release. Thanks Das for the feedback 😀

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2. Shortcode: [catlist template=lcp_template_1 id=9 orderby=date numberposts=1 date=yes author=yes excerpt=yes catlink=yes thumbnail=yes ]

   In the plugin folder > list_cat_posts.php, these are the instances for ‘thumbnail’:

   File list_cat_posts.php; line 56:
   ‘thumbnail’ => ‘no’,

   File list_cat_posts.php; line 168: if
   ($atts[‘thumbnail’]==’yes’){

   File list_cat_posts.php; line 169:
   $lcp_display_output .=
   lcp_thumbnail($single);

   File list_cat_posts.php; line 229: *
   @see
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_post_thumbnail

   File list_cat_posts.php; 232: function
   lcp_thumbnail($single){

   File list_cat_posts.php; line 233:
   $lcp_thumbnail = ”;

   File list_cat_posts.php; line 234: if
   ( has_post_thumbnail($single->ID) ) {

   File list_cat_posts.php; line 235:
   $lcp_thumbnail =
   get_the_post_thumbnail($single->ID);

   File list_cat_posts.php; line 237:
   return $lcp_thumbnail;

   And in my template, these are the instances for ‘thumbnail’:

   //Show thumbnail?
   if($atts[‘thumbnail’]==’yes’){
   $lcp_output .= ‘<div
   class=”lcp_thumbnail”><a href=”‘
   . get_permalink($single->ID) .
   ‘”>’ .
   get_the_post_thumbnail($single->ID,
   array(’40’,’40’))
   .'</a></div>’; }

   So there is no misspelling, as far as I can see. I had already seen the forum thread you’re referring to, and made the correction to the default template.

   The thumbnail is displaying as expected in the original post, so I don’t know why LCP is not pulling it along with the post. Unless it doesn’t do that with excerpts?

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