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marcin17
27 Jan 2025

Using "Category Blog & Category List" menu items is possible to filter articles by Tags. When selecting multiple tags by default the implementation is using OR condition (all articles having any of selected tags).

But missing and very useful for both would be the same nice feature "Item Selection Options: Match Type [Any, All] + Child Tags [Exclude, Include]" which is already available in the "Tagged Items" menu item type, which customize the logical conditions for filtering by tags.

I have many menu items where I have to filter articles by multiple tags but using both logical condition, for some menu items using AND (articles having All tags) for others using OR (articles having Any tag). And because the menu items "Category List & Blog" does not have this feature I have (as workaround), for half of my menu items to use the menu item "Tagged Items" with setting "Match Type=All" with overriding template and many custom customization only to achieve the AND condition. This is not optimal solution, because the menu item "Tagged Items" is not primary designed for displaying articles (for example is not possible to select Articles Category).
Adding this option to the "Category List & Blog" menu items would perfectly close this gap.

Another similar small gap - I miss the custom "Description and Image" in the "Category List & Blog" menu item. In case I combine a Category with some tags I would like to change the description to be displayed on top of the page because the description of the underlying category does not fit anymore when combined with a tag. Such custom "description" again is available for example in the menu item "Tagged Items" (Tag Options > Description + Image) but is not available in the "Category List & Blog" menu items.

Summary:

  • please take over the feature "Item Selection Options: Match Type [Any, All] + Child Tags [Exclude, Include]" to the menu item "Category Blog & Category List"
  • please copy the feature custom "Description + Image" to the menu item "Category Blog & Category List"

many thanks in advance !
Marcin

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