// =========================================================================
// CRUNCHYROLL-STYLE AUTO-DEPLOYING HOMEPAGE ENGINE
// Shortcode:
// =========================================================================
add_shortcode( ‘animesuki_homepage’, ‘animesuki_crunchyroll_home_builder’ );
function animesuki_crunchyroll_home_builder() {
ob_start();
?>
‘hide_empty’ => true,
‘number’ => 6, // Shows up to 6 different category rows
‘orderby’ => ‘count’,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’
) );
if ( ! empty( $home_categories ) && ! is_wp_error( $home_categories ) ) {
foreach ( $home_categories as $cat ) {
// Query posts for this specific category
$cat_query = new WP_Query( array(
‘post_type’ => ‘post’,
‘cat’ => $cat->term_id,
‘posts_per_page’ => 15, // Load up to 15 anime per sliding row
‘post_status’ => ‘publish’
) );
if ( $cat_query->have_posts() ) {
?>
$cat_query->the_post();
// Fetch our custom MAL data
$mal_thumb = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘_mal_cached_thumb’, true );
$mal_score = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘_mal_cached_score’, true );
$mal_type = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘_mal_cached_type’, true );
$episodes = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘_mal_cached_episodes’, true );
// Fallback to standard WP featured image if MAL thumb is missing
if ( empty( $mal_thumb ) ) {
$mal_thumb = get_the_post_thumbnail_url( get_the_ID(), ‘large’ );
}
?>
No categories or anime found. Start adding posts with MAL Importer!
‘;
}
?>