Create a Category Template in WordPress Genesis

Create a Page Template

1. Create a new page in your theme’s directory called page-articles.php; for example,
   /wp-content/themes/my-genesis-theme/page-articles.php
2. Paste the following code into page-articles.php:

   <?php
   
   /* Template Name: Articles Template */
   
   /** Replace the standard loop with our custom loop */
   remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
   add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'wnd_do_custom_loop' );
    
   function wnd_do_custom_loop() { 
       global $paged; // current paginated page
       global $query_args; // grab the current wp_query() args
       $args = array(
           'cat' => 8, /* shows all posts and child posts from category id */
           'paged'            => $paged, // respect pagination
       );
   
   /* If you want to show posts from a category only and no subcategory posts, use 'category_name' => 'category-slug', instead of 'cat' => 8, for example, 'category_name' => 'articles', */
       genesis_custom_loop( wp_parse_args($query_args, $args) );
   }
       
   genesis();

3. Change the number in ‘cat’ => 8 to the number of the category you want to use.
   Note: To find the category number, go to Posts > Categories and click the category link. In your browser url field, you will see a URL that looks like the following:
   /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?action=edit&taxonomy=category&tag_ID=33&post_type=post
   In the example above, the category number is 33.
4. If you want, you can change the template name. In the example, modify this line:
   /* Template Name: Articles Template */.
   Articles Template is the template name. This is NOT related to the name we gave the php file.
5. Save the file.
   
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