PageBuilder pages for specific Categories

Not really a question but a recipe to allow for Page Builder pages as category pages. This method allows for individual category term pages.

In addition to Page Builder, you’ll need the Redirection and Display Posts plugins.

Start by making the Page Builder page for your category term. Put whatever you’d like in the page.

Where you want to show the items (posts, custom post types, pages) that are in that category, insert a Display Posts shortcode. For example, here’s a shortcode that pulls articles (a custom post type) that are tagged with a specific magazine:

[display-posts category="80-micro" post_type="article"]

Publish your page and get the path to the page. In my case, it’s:

/bibliography/periodicals/80-micro/

Get the path to the category page you want to replace. Mine is

/category/periodicals/80-micro/

Go to the Redirect page and Add New.

Put the category page path in the Source URL field. Put the page URL in the Target URL field. Click Add Redirect and you’re (almost) done.

If you have a caching plug-in, you may need to clear the cache for the redirect to work.