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Best practice to limit results in get_row()?

This is my query to check if a title exists (it's in a loop, therefore [$i]). $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_title = '" . $titles_arr[$i] . "'", 'ARRAY_A'); Anyway, I would ...
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Custom query on Wordpress custom table

I am working with a custom table where some values will be inserted or updated if they already exists, I have checked and rechecked the syntax and it seems to be working fine, if I run the same query ...
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PHP variable in WordPress database query

When running the following code : $voucher = 'MK0186'; $is_in_database = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM my_codes_table WHERE code =" . $voucher ); I get : WordPress database error: [Unknown ...
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Get a custom table to an array

How can I take my table I created like this: global $wpdb; //Get all the wordpress database stuff $table_prefix = $wpdb->base_prefix; //Get the global prefix for all sites (on a multisite ...
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Custom search page and search by title, content and tag

Can someone review my code , I need to know better solutions or any bug. Okey ! , I made a PHP file to get search results by parameters and search by title , content and tag PHP's head look like: ...
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How do I find users by password?

I need to add a passkey to each user, so I decided to just giving the user password that value and use WP functionality to store it/retrieve it. So now I need to find what user that password belongs ...
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Count & Display Database Queries

I'm looking for an solution how I can count and display all queries in a WordPress site. Does anybody know, if there is an good plugin? Otherwise it would be an solution to check the queries on the ...
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WP_Query Performance Issues with meta_query

I'm working on a custom template for a new theme that uses a WP_Query instance to select posts from 2 post types with 2 custom fields that are NOT empty. Depending on the section of the site, a ...
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How to organise this data within WordPress

I have a dilemma in how the data in this scenario should be organised, as well as queried. The main elements in the scenario are the following: Competition Team Player Each player plays for one ...
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How to query / DB requests?

what is the correct way to query the a Wordpress database, meaning to pull row and column info, and then place it into a corresponding table in the Wordpress admin? I'm wanting to do a query similar ...
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How can I query the db to access current post information?

Alright y'all. I want to dynamically display the information of the 2 most current posts to the screen. So far I have only been able to get results by hard coding the ID into the query. Is there a way ...
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plugin code is pulling information from database in one instance and not in other. What is wrong?

In my plugin code, I am pulling the table id from two tables. The id is being pulled from one table but not from the other and I get errors in both instances. The queries work on mysql when I use ...
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Query from a different database than the default

I'm making a layout for a wordpress page. The layout needs to connect to a second database (both databases are in the same domain). But the problem is, when i execute just the file it works. But ...
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How to display content from external db with relevant urls

I am working on a website that needs to display information about electronic resources which is stored in an external database. This information will be presented three different ways (alphabetical ...
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How Can I Always Display A Particular Post First Using WP_Query?

My apologies if this question has already been asked somewhere else, I searched but couldn't find anything. I am working on a tours website, there will be individual package pages that show some text, ...
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Export wordpress table to excel

I have created PHP scripts before to export a database table to .xls format like this: $select = "SELECT * FROM tracking"; $export = mysql_query ( $select ) or die ( "Sql error : " . mysql_error( ) ...
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How to find if a post with custom_field == X exists?

I need to find if a post with a custom field X equal to Y exists in a wordpress installation. Should I do it with a simple sql query or is there something build in that can help me achieve it?
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WP database error for comments_popup_link()

I'm using the comments_popup_link() function to show the number of comments for each post in a loop. <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <?php if ( ...
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SQL error with custom query

I'm trying to create a custom post query for sorting posts that have been voted "thumbs up". I'm joining my custom "wp_post_votes" table (which stores the number of votes each post received) with ...