Changing Tags to Categories

[tfalkowski 0]

Sorry for the newbie level question.. I was wondering how I go about changing the section of the blog post "Tagged with" to instead display Filed under Categories with a list of the categories for the selected post? Thank you in advance, -Thomas

[bryan-hadaway 3]

This is going to take custom PHP edits, are familiar with PHP? Thanks, Bryan

[tfalkowski 0]

unfortunately no, although if I knew which file to make the edits in and the appropriate variable names, I could probably figure it out. Thanks, -Thomas

[cmunns 16]

There's actually a shortcode you can use at the bottom of the posts `[post_categories]` to list the categories associated with it. Then you can hide the tags with css `.tags {display:none;}`

[tfalkowski 0]

Adam - .tags{display:none;} did not seem to remove the tags from either the posts in the loop or on the singe posts page. :-/ -Thomas

[tfalkowski 0]

bump :-)

[cmunns 16]

Where did you add the CSS? It should work as is? Do you have a link to the site?

[tfalkowski 0]

I added it to the custom css section in the settings panel. No link to a live site, only running in dev on my local host. -Thomas

[catrina 103]

Have you tried adding the code to the base.css file instead?

[bonngean 0]

Thomas, As Catrina said, adding the code to base.css will make your post tages disappear from display. I just added:

	.tags{display:none;}
	

into my base.css file and it worked. Have you tried it yet? How To Find Base.css file: Go inside of the section of Wordpress named: Appearance >> Editor and then choose the base.css file to add the code above. --Bonnie

[tfalkowski 0]

Ok, that did the trick. The tags section is now gone. :-) But how do I get it to display: Filed under the categories:[post_categories] where the tags used to be? You guys are a wonderful support forum. I really appreciate all of the help every one has provided. Again, Thank you in advance, -Thomas

[catrina 103]

Filed under the categories:[post_categories] <- You want this in the footer of the post, correct?

[tfalkowski 0]

Yes, where the Tags used to display. -Thomas

[kastelic 6]

Just type that line in at the bottom of your post.

[tfalkowski 0]

ok, but I would rather not have to do that on every post. Surely, there is a way to easily add this in.

[timlinson 3]

Hey Thomas, this filter should do the trick. Place this code in your child theme's functions.php file. `function content_add_categories($content) {` `? ? $content .= 'Filed under the categories: [post_categories]';` `? ? return $content;` `}` `add_filter('the_content', 'content_add_categories');`

[tfalkowski 0]

Tim - You sir, are a rockstar! Thank you so much. -Thomas

[tfalkowski 0]

Ok, One last question and I will stop beating this dead horse.. I promise. Is there a way to turn a feature off only on a specific page.. i.e. I want the categories to show on the main posts page but not on the single posts page -Thomas

[timlinson 3]

You can add a conditional in the function `function content_add_categories($content) {` `? ? if(!is_single()) {` `? ? ? ? $content .= 'Filed under the categories: [post_categories]';` `? ? ? ? return $content;` `? ? }` `}` `add_filter('the_content', 'content_add_categories');`

[tfalkowski 0]

Tim - That seemed to remove the entire post on the single-posts page. -Tom

[timlinson 3]

oops, move `return $content;` below the brace `if(!is_single()) {` `? ? $content .= 'Filed under the categories: [post_categories]';` `}` `return $content;`

[tfalkowski 0]

Thanks Tim, That did the trick. -Thomas