Filter to include parent cat title and description

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Requested: 1 month and 2 hours ago

Hi – I’d like to display the parent category name as the widget title and the parent category description below title/above the subcat list on both category archive and single post pages. Will need to assign some CSS classes to both the title and description. I’m only using subcats of the parent category in this menu, and have that working correctly using the widget’s settings. Thanks in advance.

Susan Lewandowski
4 weeks and 1 day ago

Actually, I’ve figured this out using the pre and after render filters, so unless you have something really swell to share, I think this ticket can be closed.

Thank you!
Mat Lipe
4 weeks and 1 day ago

Hi Susan,

Great! I’m glad you figure this out.

Here is one example of how to do this in case anyone else needs something like this:

add_filter( 'advanced_sidebar_menu_widget_title', function ( $title, $args, $instance, $menu ) { if ( 'category' !== $menu::WIDGET || empty( $menu->get_top_parent_id() ) ) { return $title; } return get_category( $menu->get_top_parent_id() )->name; }, 10, 4 ); add_filter( 'advanced_sidebar_menu_category_widget_output', function ( $output, $args, $instance, $menu ) { if ( ! empty( $menu->get_top_parent_id() ) ) { return '<p class="asm-category-description">' . get_category( $menu->get_top_parent_id() )->description . '<p>' . $output; } return $output; }, 10, 4 );

Have a great night!

Mat Lipe
Susan Lewandowski
4 weeks and 1 day ago

This is better than what I did.

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