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Noelle Steegs
(@noellesteegs)

1 year, 1 month ago

Hi there people of WP,

I am building a block template for a custom post type. I’d like to showcase related posts (i.a.w. posts in the same taxonomy) using the Query Block. However, the current post is not excluded from the query.

I have searched the forums and seen multiple topics from 1+ years ago, which concluded that it’s not possible. Like other WP enthusiasts on here, I also think it’s a feature people have come to expect when using a module that pulls in a list of posts within a post template. I was able to locate the GitHub issue, however what’s not clear to me is whether I and other developers can expect something like this to roll out?

In the meantime, I’d like to know whether anyone has discovered a good workaround/alternative. Thanks in advance.

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(@mayuripatel)

Hello ,

Below code gets all posts of category related to current post EXCEPT current post , so you can call function current_cats_related_post() to display output.

function current_cats_related_post() {

    $post_id = get_the_ID();
    $cat_ids = array();
    $categories = get_the_category( $post_id );

    if(!empty($categories) && !is_wp_error($categories)):
        foreach ($categories as $category):
            array_push($cat_ids, $category->term_id);
        endforeach;
    endif;

    $current_post_type = get_post_type($post_id);

    $query_args = array( 
        'category__in'   => $cat_ids,
        'post_type'      => $current_post_type,
        'post__not_in'    => array($post_id),
        'posts_per_page'  => '3',
     );

    $related_cats_post = new WP_Query( $query_args );

    if($related_cats_post->have_posts()):
         while($related_cats_post->have_posts()): $related_cats_post->the_post(); ?>
            <ul>
                <li>
                    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                        <?php the_title(); ?>
                    </a>
                    <?php the_content(); ?>
                </li>
            </ul>
        <?php endwhile;

        // Restore original Post Data
        wp_reset_postdata();
     endif;

}