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How do I get a custom post by its ID? I want to display a single post from custom post using its ID. I tried 'post_type' => 'homepage', 'post_id' => '717' but it didnt work.

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You simply don't need to specify a post_type when calling get_post(). The ID for any sort of post is unique among the whole DB-posts table. So if you're calling a post with ID = 17

$id = 17;
$post = get_post( $id );

then you'll simply get this single post.

Note, according the Codex, when using get_post

You must pass a variable containing an integer (e.g. $id). A literal integer (e.g. get_post(7)) will cause a fatal error (Only variables can be passed for reference or Cannot pass parameter 1 by reference).

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Hi, I tried using below code but it didnt help. am I missing something here? <?php query_posts('p=794'); if(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1> <div class="advanced-image"><?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($page->ID, 'home-vertical'); ?></div> <p><?php the_content(); ?></p> <h3><a href="/about/">Learn More</a></h3> <?php endif;?> </div> I did same with other posts as well. Thanks – FlourishDNA Jul 2 '12 at 21:07
What's that? Why making a loop (for a SINGLE post!?!) instead using a simple output of the data we showed you above? – kaiser Jul 2 '12 at 22:22

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