Project/Category Pages
When showcasing work it is good to display related individual projects on a single page. This allows your viewer to get an quick understanding of what you have to offer, and allows them to select items that interest them. We can accomplish this by letting WordPress dynamically generate a page with our posts that we have categorized.
The above image showcases what these project/category pages should look like. These should be actual pages built with the Divi Page Builder. Use the following instructions to setup these pages.
Step 1 – Categories
Make sure you have created a category for the page you want to populate with your work. In this example we have created one called “Family,” which will be used to categorize all the posts related to family pictures.
Step 2 – Create Posts
Create posts and categorize them. In this example you can see that the 7 visible posts have all been categorized with a variety of categories, but they all have a category of “Family.” All of the posts that are categorized as “Family” will end up showing up on our Project/Category Page.
Step 3 – Set Featured Image
After you create your posts you will need to make sure they all have featured images. These are what will show up on the Project/Category Pages. Notice that the featured image on this example is the same image used on the screenshot of the Project/Category Page.
Step 4 – Create Project/Category Pages
The last step is to create your Project/Category Page using the Divi Page Builder. In the setup process you will identity which category this page will be pulling from. Once this page is setup it will automatically pull in new posts that have been categorized with the corresponding category. Watch the videos below to create these Project/Category Pages and make a template that you can use to speed up the process.
Posts in Portfolio Module Plugin
The Divi theme has a post like page called a Project. Divi uses these Projects to populate the portfolio page modules. Installing this plugin adds a new module to the Divi Page Builder that allows you to populate these pages with posts.
Creating the Project/Category Page
This video will run through creating a Project/Category Page using the Divi Page Builder. This requires you to have installed the Posts in Portfolio Module plugin already. You can download this plugin above.
Making a Page Template
Instead of creating this page layout each time you create a Project/Category page you can create a page template using the Divi Page Builder. This will save a lot of time, and help keep things the same.