Setting the Feature-Set on Category (or Tag) Pages

[leografie 0]

I'm looking for a way to be able to specify the feature set to show on a specific category page. Currently I am only able to specify one feature-set for all category pages through "Templates->Page Templates/Content Area->Category and "Special->Category Page". I've been experimenting with setting the global options using the above (e.g. stage height) and editing the functions.php file in the pagelines-customize plugin, but with no success, not being a php expert. What I'm looking for is something like: add_action('loop_start', 'add_feature_to_category'); function add_feature_to_category(){ ?> <?php if (is_category('xyz')) : ?> // feature-set-id or postid = abc // <?php endif; ?> <?php } So that when the category page loads it uses the feature-set supplied in the functions.php file. It would be good to be able to both determine the full-width (page template) or content-width (content area) features if different. If this process is possible it could then be applied to banners & boxes. Any suggestions? It would be great to see a pagelines plugin that allowed a user to specify the feature set in Posts->Categories->Edit category.

[Rob 547]

I use a workaround, but thank you for the suggestion that is being passed along to the developers. The work around I use is creating a static category page where I can select any options I please, then embedding Special Recent Posts, a fantastic plugin that will emulate the postloop if added via shortcode to the content area. It may be setup so that it pulls only posts from a single category, making it ideal for the postloop part of a category page. With a static page, you can select any feature or box set you please.

[leografie 0]

Thanks for the tip on the plugin, I'll give SRP a try. I have tried this type of solution with the plugin List Category Posts which works in a similar way, only have had some issues with breadcrumbs not being maintained.