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I'm using Magento 2 and I want to add block to all my category pages , by directly writing it into the code in the app/design/frontend/Venustheme/yume/Magento_Catalog/templates/product/list.phtml page , there is any way to call the block there, and not through the admin panel?

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In your theme folder, add a Magento_Catalog/layout/catalog_category_view.xml layout file. Load your block into the parent block with the following:

<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
    <body>
        <referenceBlock name="category.products.list">
            <block name="your.cms.block" as="something" class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block">
                <arguments>
                    <argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">[put your block ID here]</argument>
                </arguments>
            </block>
        </referenceBlock>
    </body>
</page>

In your list.phtml simply call <?php echo $block->getChildHtml('something') ?>. Of course you should name your blocks differently, but I hope you got the general idea.

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  • Hi , this works fine , thank you very much ! but when I print my block , it appears inside the <li></li> , here is my code .. what I'm doying wrong ? <?php echo($iterator == count($_productCollection)+1) ? '</li>' : '' ?> <?php $contator++; if($contator==3){ echo $block->getChildHtml('category-middlemsg'); } ?> <?php endforeach; ?>
    – alexcr
    Commented May 11, 2016 at 10:06
  • What is it? Anyway, you should totally avoid using count() inside a foreach loop, it is a well-known performance killer. Assign that value to a variable before the loop and compare the variable instead.
    – fmrng
    Commented May 11, 2016 at 10:09
  • is the counter I did before the loop , so I can count the products , as I want to print my block after 3 products , now is printing the block inside the <li></li> , I want to print it outside..
    – alexcr
    Commented May 11, 2016 at 10:12
  • Edit your question and post your code for us to understand, or open a new question maybe.
    – fmrng
    Commented May 11, 2016 at 10:12
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    Do something like this <?php if ($iterator === 6) echo '</li><li class="item product product-item">' . $block->getChildHtml('something') ?>
    – fmrng
    Commented May 11, 2016 at 10:47
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You probably want to use the layout xml to add a block instead of a template file.

In your module, add a file view/frontend/layout/catalog_category_view.xml.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" layout="2columns-left" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
    <body>
        <referenceContainer name="whatever.container.i.want.to.reference">
            <block class="Namespace\Modulename\Block\BlockClass" name="my.block.name" template="Namespace_Modulename::path/to/template/file.phtml" />
            </referenceContainer>
    </body>
</page>

Depending on the type of block you are creating, you don't always need a template file.

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  • Is just a block with a div as a content , is just that everytime I will need to edit it , I want to edit the block throught the adminpanel - content - blocks - my block , that's why I need a way to call it directly incode , also because I want to put it after 6 products have been listed , so into my list.phtml , I made a counter , and after the first 6 products are listed , I want to add my block , so I need a way to call it directly in code , the code you posted is ok , but I can't just put it after 6 products.. I don't know if I explained myself well..
    – alexcr
    Commented May 10, 2016 at 18:04

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