Thread: Sub Categories List at top of Categories Page

  <?php if ( is_tax( APP_TAX_CAT ) ) {

        // go get the taxonomy category id so we can filter with it

        // have to use slug instead of name otherwise it'll break with multi-word cats

        if ( !isset( $filter ) )

            $filter = '';

        $ad_cat_array = get_term_by( 'slug', get_query_var(APP_TAX_CAT), APP_TAX_CAT, ARRAY_A, $filter );     

        // show all subcategories if any 

        $subcats = wp_list_categories( 'hide_empty=0&orderby=name&show_count=1&title_li=&use_desc_for_title=1&echo=0&show_option_none=0&taxonomy='.APP_TAX_CAT.'&depth=1&child_of=' . $ad_cat_array['term_id'] ); 

        if ( !empty( $subcats ) ) : 

        ?>

            <div class="shadowblock_out">

                <div class="shadowblock">

                    <h2 class="dotted"><?php _e('Sub Categories', 'appthemes') ?></h2>

                    <ul>

                        <?php print_r( $subcats ); ?>

                    </ul>

                    <div class="clr"></div>   

                </div><!-- /shadowblock -->

            </div><!-- /shadowblock_out -->  

        <?php endif; ?>