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WordPress taxonomy dropdowns - if too long (default is to show all taxonomies)
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
/*
* For Taxonomy dropdowns in Post meta
*/
$( '.cat-links .jkl-tax-switch, .tags-links .jkl-tax-switch' ).click( function( e ) {
e.preventDefault();
if( $( this ).next( 'ul' ).hasClass( 'childopen' ) ) {
$( this ).next( 'ul' ).removeClass( 'childopen' );
} else {
$( this ).next( 'ul' ).addClass( 'childopen' );
}
});
$( '.cat-links .jkl-tax-switch, .tags-links .jkl-tax-switch' ).hover( function ( e ) {
e.preventDefault();
if( $( '.entry-meta .cat-links ul' ).hasClass( 'childopen' ) ) {
$( '.entry-meta .cat-links ul' ).removeClass( 'childopen' );
} else {
$( '.entry-meta .cat-links ul' ).addClass( 'childopen' );
}
});
});
<?php
/**
* Better Categories (displays them as a dropdown menu)
*/
function jkl_better_taxonomy_listing( $taxonomy_type, $length = -1 ) {
if ( 'post' === get_post_type() ) {
// If the taxonomy type is 'category'
if( 'category' === $taxonomy_type ) {
/* translators: used between list items <li> */
$list = get_the_category_list( __( '</li><li>', 'jkl' ) );
$search = '</a>';
$separator = ', ';
$test = $list && jkl_categorized_blog();
$class = 'cat-links';
$string = esc_attr__( 'Filed under: ', 'jkl' );
}
// If the taxonomy type is 'tag'
else if( 'tag' === $taxonomy_type ) {
/* translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma */
$list = get_the_tag_list( '', esc_html__( ', ', 'jkl' ) );
$search = ',';
$separator = '';
$test = $list;
$class = 'tags-links';
$string = esc_attr__( 'Tagged: ', 'jkl' );
}
if ( $test ) {
echo '<ul class="' . $class . '">';
echo $string;
// So long as the Category list contains more items than our specified length,
// we'll display the number of items specified, followed by a dropdown menu
// that houses the rest of the Categories
// Also note: -1 means we show ALL the categories without a dropdown
if( substr_count( $list, $search ) > $length && $length !== -1 ) {
// For the number of specified items
for( $i = 1; $i <= $length; $i++ ) {
// The Category will be the substring from the beginning of the string to the end of the first link </a> tag
$item = substr( $list, 0, ( strpos( $list, $search ) + strlen( $search ) ) );
// If the NEXT item is the last item, give it a special CSS class to specify that
// just in case we want to style that one individually
if( $i == $length ) {
echo str_replace( '<a ', '<a class="final-tax-link" ', $item );
} else {
// otherwise, separate every Category with a comma
echo $item . $separator;
}
// Now, remove that first category from the list (string) and continue the loop
$list = substr( $list, ( strpos( $list, $search ) + strlen( $search ) ) );
}
// After looping through our specified number of Categories, output the rest of them in a dropdown menu
if( ! empty( $list ) ) {
echo '<span class="jkl-tax-switch"><i class="fa fa-angle-down"></i></span>';
printf( '<ul class="submenu dropdown">' . $list . '</ul>', $list ); // WPCS: XSS OK.
}
}
// Else, in the case that our Category list is shorter than the specified $length
// OR if we've specified -1 as the $length (to show all values)
else {
// So long as we have Categories left in the string
while( $list !== '' ) {
// Do the same as above, find the first Category and get ready to output it
$item = substr( $list, 0, ( strpos( $list, $search ) + strlen( $search ) ) );
// If the Category list has only ONE Category (we check for a single </a> tag)
if( substr_count( $list, $search ) == 1 ) {
// Output it without a comma
echo $item;
} else {
// Otherwise, separate the Categories with commas
echo $item . $separator;
}
// Now, remove that first category from the list (string) and continue the loop
$list = substr( $list, ( strpos( $list, $search ) + strlen( $search ) ) );
}
}
// Close the links list
echo '</ul>';
}
} // END taxonomy list
}
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