Answers.Body: <p>I should note that the <code>relatedTo</code> method accepts a <code>CategoryModel</code>, <em>not</em> the title of a category. What you ended up doing works, but here's the way to do with the <code>relatedTo</code> method, which is what I'd suggest for anyone finding this in the future:</p>
  
  <p><code>{% for entry in craft.entries.relatedTo(craft.categories.slug('your-cat-slug')) %}</code></p>
  
  <p>You now have all entries that are associated with the given category, and can loop through them with the usual <code>{% for entry in entries %}</code> technique.</p>
  
  <p><strong>TL;DR</strong>: You can't pass the category name. You <em>have</em> to give <code>relatedTo</code> an actual <code>CategoryModel</code>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>So i'm trying to output blog entries related to a category.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>I first created a category group ('categories')</li>
  <li>I added several categories to the group ('innovation', 'teams', etc)</li>
  <li>I added a category field to my blog post matrix field (post.category)</li>
  <li><p>On my blog index page (example.com/blog) I have excerpts of posts and a sidebar which has the categories and their urls</p>
  
  <pre><code> {% set categories = craft.categories.group('categories') %}
  
   {% for category in categories %}
   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="{{ category.url }}"&gt;{{ category.title }}&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
   {% endfor %}
  </code></pre></li>
  <li><p>When I click on the link it goes to the page I expect (example.com/categories/teams) and is using the template i specified for the template group (categories.html)</p></li>
  <li><p>In the template for the category I can list the title and name but I want to get the entries so I:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;h1&gt;{{ category.title }}&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;--- just this works
  {% set posts = craft.entries.relatedTo(category) %}
  {% for post in posts %}
  &lt;p&gt;{{ post.title }}&lt;/p&gt;
  {% endfor %}
  </code></pre></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>But this didn't work</p>
  
  <p>following <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/help/entries-related-to-category" rel="nofollow">http://buildwithcraft.com/help/entries-related-to-category</a></p>
  
  <ol start="7">
  <li><p>then I tried this, thinking specifying the field was necessary</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;h1&gt;{{ category.title }}&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;--- again, this works
  {% set posts = craft.entries({
  section: 'blog',
  relatedTo: {
  targetElement: category,
  field: 'posts.categories'
  }
  }) %}
  
  {% for post in posts %}
  &lt;p&gt;{{ post.title }}&lt;/p&gt;
  {% endfor %}
  </code></pre></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>and this doesn't work either. </p>
  
  <p>Anyways, i'm not sure where I am going wrong and any help would be appreciated.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Do the relations work on your blog's index page? Try adding `{{ craft.entries.relatedTo(category).first().title }}` to the categories loop.
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Comments.Text: Could you enable devMode and tell us what happens if you `{{ dump(posts) }}`?
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Comments.Text: So I realized it was the way I was referencing the categories field nested in the matrix in my templates. I tried several different combinations but no luck. Anyways, I then created a categories field (called categories) and added it to my blog entry type. Then in my individual category template (example.com/categories/innovation) I was able to reference the entries this way                                                                                                           ` {% for entry in craft.entries.section('blog').relatedTo(category) %} `
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Comments.Text: Great :) Can you create an answer this and mark it as correct?
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Tags: <entries><categories>
Title: Craft entries related on a category page
ThreadText: # Craft entries related on a category page
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-18)
  
  So i'm trying to output blog entries related to a category.
  
  1. I first created a category group ('categories')
  2. I added several categories to the group ('innovation', 'teams', etc)
  3. I added a category field to my blog post matrix field (post.category)
  4. On my blog index page (example.com/blog) I have excerpts of posts and a sidebar which has the categories and their urls
  
     ```
      {% set categories = craft.categories.group('categories') %}
  
      {% for category in categories %}
      <li><a href="{{ category.url }}">{{ category.title }}</a></li>
      {% endfor %}
  
     ```
  5. When I click on the link it goes to the page I expect (example.com/categories/teams) and is using the template i specified for the template group (categories.html)
  6. In the template for the category I can list the title and name but I want to get the entries so I:
  
     ```
     <h1>{{ category.title }}</h1> <--- just this works
     {% set posts = craft.entries.relatedTo(category) %}
     {% for post in posts %}
     <p>{{ post.title }}</p>
     {% endfor %}
  
     ```
  
  But this didn't work
  
  following <http://buildwithcraft.com/help/entries-related-to-category>
  
  7. then I tried this, thinking specifying the field was necessary
  
     ```
     <h1>{{ category.title }}</h1> <--- again, this works
     {% set posts = craft.entries({
     section: 'blog',
     relatedTo: {
     targetElement: category,
     field: 'posts.categories'
     }
     }) %}
  
     {% for post in posts %}
     <p>{{ post.title }}</p>
     {% endfor %}
  
     ```
  
  and this doesn't work either.
  
  Anyways, i'm not sure where I am going wrong and any help would be appreciated.
  
  **Tags:** entries, categories
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Do the relations work on your blog's index page? Try adding `{{ craft.entries.relatedTo(category).first().title }}` to the categories loop.  
  > **username_2**: Could you enable devMode and tell us what happens if you `{{ dump(posts) }}`?  
  > **username_0**: So I realized it was the way I was referencing the categories field nested in the matrix in my templates. I tried several different combinations but no luck. Anyways, I then created a categories field (called categories) and added it to my blog entry type. Then in my individual category template (example.com/categories/innovation) I was able to reference the entries this way                                                                                                           ` {% for entry in craft.entries.section('blog').relatedTo(category) %} `  
  > **username_3**: Great :) Can you create an answer this and mark it as correct?  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2015-10-15. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  I should note that the `relatedTo` method accepts a `CategoryModel`, *not* the title of a category. What you ended up doing works, but here's the way to do with the `relatedTo` method, which is what I'd suggest for anyone finding this in the future:
  
  `{% for entry in craft.entries.relatedTo(craft.categories.slug('your-cat-slug')) %}`
  
  You now have all entries that are associated with the given category, and can loop through them with the usual `{% for entry in entries %}` technique.
  
  **TL;DR**: You can't pass the category name. You *have* to give `relatedTo` an actual `CategoryModel`.
  
  
  ---
  
  