Plugin

EE 1
EE 2
Cat2

Developer

Mark Croxton

3rd Party (Free)

Download v1.1.0

Compatibility

  • LG Addon Updater
  • Multi Site Manager
  • Stand Alone Entry Form

Requirements

  • jQuery for the Control Panel

Tags

Convert between category name, category id and category url title. Query results are cached, so you can use the same tag multiple times in your template without extra overhead.

Installation

     
  • Create a folder called ‘cat2’ inside ./system/expressionengine/third_party/
    •  
  • Move the file pi.cat2.php into the folder

Tags:

{exp:cat2:id}
{exp:cat2:name}
{exp:cat2:url_title}

Parameters:

category_url_title=
category_name=
category_id=
category_group=
debug="yes|no"

Example use:

category_id from category_url_title:

{exp:cat2:id category_url_title="my_category" category_group="5"}

category_id from category_name:

{exp:cat2:id category_name="my category" category_group="5"}

category_name from category_id:

{exp:cat2:name category_id="25" category_group="5"}

category_name from category_url_title:

{exp:cat2:name category_url_title="my_category" category_group="5"}

category_url_title from category_id:

{exp:cat2:url_title category_id="25" category_group="5"}

category_url_title from category_name:

{exp:cat2:url_title category_name="my category" category_group="5"}

Can also be used as a tag pair, e.g.:

{exp:cat2:id category_url_title="my_category" category_group="5" parse="inward"}
    {category_id}
{/exp:cat2:id}

{exp:cat2:name category_id="25" category_group="5" parse="inward"}
    {category__name}
{/exp:cat2:name}

{exp:cat2:url_title category_id="25" category_group="5" parse="inward"}
    {category_url_title}
{/exp:cat2:url_title}

Download Cat2

EE Version Downloads Add-On Version Release Date
2.+ Download 1.1.0 2011-07-01 12:00 AM

This entry was last updated July 5, 2011, 4:05 am.

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2 Reviews:

zizther 01.19.12

zizther
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Really handy add-on! Thank Mark

Mark Bowen Design 08.17.11

Mark Bowen Design
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Absolutely fantastic plugin!

Needed this due to using Structure on a site and having to find out the category_id from the category_name in the URL.

Does exactly what it says on the tin and a whole lot more.

Thanks Mark.