这是我们到目前为止得出的结论，肯定还有改进的余地。

remove_action( \'genesis_loop\', \'genesis_do_loop\' );

add_action( \'genesis_loop\', \'ahso_custom_taxonomy_archive_loop\' );

function ahso_custom_taxonomy_archive_loop() {

    global $wp_query; // globalize it.

    // get category ID
    $cat_id = $wp_query->get_queried_object_id(); // get current category

    // get all child categories
    $cat_args = array(
        \'type\'                     => \'products\',
        \'child_of\'                 => $cat_id,
        //\'parent\'                   => \'\',
        \'orderby\'                  => \'term_group\',
        \'order\'                    => \'ASC\',
        \'hide_empty\'               => 0,
        \'hierarchical\'             => 1,
        \'exclude\'                  => \'\',
        \'include\'                  => \'\',
        \'number\'                   => \'\',
        \'taxonomy\'                 => \'product-categories\',
        \'pad_counts\'               => false
    );

    // get all children of the current category
    $categories = get_categories( $cat_args );

    // if the cat has kittens, loop thru them in term order
    if ( !empty($categories) ) {

        foreach ($categories as $category) {

            // first output the category archive headline
            // gets the term table w/ the meta info added by genesis that contains the archive headline and intro text
            $term = get_term_by( \'id\', $category->term_id, $category->taxonomy );

            echo \'\';
            echo \'\'.$term->meta["headline"].\'\';
            echo \'\';

            // then build a query to loop thru the posts in that cat

            // WP_Query arguments
            $args = array (
                \'post_type\'              => \'products\',
                \'order\'                  => \'ASC\',
                \'orderby\'                => \'menu_order\',
                \'tax_query\'                 => array(
                    array(
                        \'taxonomy\'          => \'product-categories\',
                        \'field\'             => \'id\',
                        \'terms\'             => $category->term_id,
                        \'include_children\'  => false, // no kittens
                    )
                )
            );

            // loop thru posts in category
            // output featured image

            // The Query
            $cat_query = new WP_Query( $args );

            // The Loop
            if ( $cat_query->have_posts() ) {
                while ( $cat_query->have_posts() ) {
                    $cat_query->the_post();

                    // do something
                    echo \'\';
                    echo \'\';
                    echo the_post_thumbnail(\'medium\');
                    echo \'\';
                    echo \'\'.get_the_title().\'\';
                    echo \'\';

                }
            } else {
                // no posts found
            }

            // Restore original Post Data
            wp_reset_postdata();

        }

    } // end category children loop

    // if the category has no children, just run a loop thru that category.
    // get_categories returns an empty array
    if ( empty($categories) ) {

        //echo \'this cat has no kittens\';

        // WP_Query arguments
        $args = array (
            \'post_type\'              => \'products\',
            \'order\'                  => \'ASC\',
            \'orderby\'                => \'menu_order\',
            \'tax_query\'                 => array(
                array(
                    \'taxonomy\'          => \'product-categories\',
                    \'field\'             => \'id\',
                    \'terms\'             => $cat_id, // get the initial $cat_id, from the query object
                    \'include_children\'  => false, // pls spay and neutr yrs pets
                )
            )
        );

        // The Query
        $cat_query = new WP_Query( $args );

        // The Loop
        if ( $cat_query->have_posts() ) {
            while ( $cat_query->have_posts() ) {
                $cat_query->the_post();

                // do something
                echo \'\';
                echo \'\';
                echo the_post_thumbnail(\'medium\');
                echo \'\';
                echo \'\'.get_the_title().\'\';
                echo \'\';

            }
        } else {
            // no posts found
        }

        // Restore original Post Data
        wp_reset_postdata();


    } // end no children category loop

}