http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/ Weblogtoolscollection News Topic: [New Plugin]: Category Ancestor en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:56:07 +0000 http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/topic/new-plugin-category-ancestor#post-6336 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:02:01 +0000 lumlune 6336@http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/ <p>Category Ancestor is a plugin that adds a function you can use anywhere in your theme : get_category_ancestor($thecat) retrieves the highest level parent of any category. </p> <p>It can be used for styling posts or category pages for <strong>groups of categories</strong>. </p> <p>Up to now, you had two ways to check if a category was a part of a group of categories : </p> <ul> <li>Create an array, and test with category__in</li> <li>Test if category A was ancestor of category B</li> </ul> <p>With Category Ancestor, you have directly the Ancestor, and you can have it as a slug, which is much more readable than an id number.<br /> You can use it for tests, or to add a specific class. </p> <p>Used in combination with custom fields, Category Ancestor can help you manage pseudo contents types.<br /> I use it for example on a travel repertory, where we have several categories for hotels, and want to style all of them in a specific way. </p> <p>The plugin can be downloaded on its <a href="http://www.lumieredelune.com/encrelune/category-ancestor-plugin,2010,01">blog post</a> </p>