I'm trying to search within a single category on wordpress using the code below
`
$args = new WP_Query( 'cat=199' );
if( $args->have_posts() ){
while ( $args->have_posts() ){ $args->the_post();
get_template_part('content', 'what-we-eat');
} ?>
<?php
}
else{
_e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' );
}
`
however, the results shows all of the posts within that category even though the search term updates with the search term used.
Any ideas where i'm going wrong?
EDIT
I've noticed then when I remove my custom query it works, but pulls in posts from all of the categories on my blog which is what I don't want. So it's a question of excluding all other categories
Try this
<?php
global $post;
$args = array( 'posts_per_page' => 5, 'offset'=> 1, 'category' => 199 );
$myposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
<li>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
</li>
<?php endforeach;
?>
You want standard WP search to work in only one category? Try to add this code to the functions.php of your theme:
function search_rules($query) {
if ($query->is_search) {
$query->set('cat','199');
}
return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts','search_rules');