get_posts() is a function for creating multiple loops. It retrieves a list of latest posts or posts matching criteria.
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How to query the latest 5 posts and sort them by title?
I'm looking to draw a menu listing of the latest "n" number posts, where the number "n" will be a user defined setting stored as an option.
n = 5; //Pull the latest 5 posts from the database.
The ...
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How Can i Get 5 Recent Post Title With Corresponding Link?
I Want to Add My Latest 5 Post Title with Corresponding Link in My Header Position.What was the Actual Php code?Am Newbie ....
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Trying to only display 1 category using get_posts
I'm trying to only display posts from a certain category in a widget. I've tried it in a few different ways but it is still showing posts from all categories. Here's my code at the moment:
$posts = ...
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How to get attachment file name not attachment URL
I'm using this code to list the image attachments of a post:
<select name="chb_homes_for_sale_specifics_floor_plan" style="width:100%;">
<option ...
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Automatically republish old posts
been seaching on google for a plugin for this and can't seem to find anything realiable. The only plugin I found is called "old post promoter". Any ideeas?
Can this be done with googl old fashion ...
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Sort “get_pages” by menu order not ordering
I'm using this bit of code to generate a page full of items but they won't sort into the menu order, any ideas as to why?
<?php $pages = get_pages(array('child_of', 'menu_order')); ?>
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get post attachment using ajax
I'm developing a plugin and I'm trying to get the url's from a post's attachments with ajax.
If the user is on a single.php page. After some seconds, I'm sending an Ajax request, getting all the ...
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How to organize and cache additional data associated with terms?
I'm updating a plugin of mine and am have a hard time figuring out the "best way" to build in a specific bit of functionality. The plugin allows users to associate images from their media library to ...
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Adding Pagination on a Custom Author Page
i have created a custom author's page that list the title of their posts. but the problem is i can't get the pagination to work if it's beyond the set post per page value. i have used get_posts() to ...
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Not able to get random post
I want to display a single random post out of the 5 latest posts in the category 'news'.
The approach I'm using is this:
// Custom function to retrieve catgory ID by category name.
$cat = ...
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How to query custom post types with multiple keys?
I recently upgraded WordPress from 3.0.x to 3.1.2. I had set it up to use custom post types before the upgrade. I need make a list of events that are occurring that started in the past until they ...
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How to get The Loop working with $wpdb->get_results()
I am doing a rather complicated custom query on a blog's front page, and trying to show the results using The Loop as shown here: Displaying posts using a custom SELECT query
The query filters posts ...
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Displaying multiple post types on home page
I've read several examples of how to do this but I still can't get it to work - each time I use get_posts() it seems to only keep and display the first set of results.
loop.php
function ...
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Number of posts in the archive
How do I show 10 posts on the first page of the archive, and 20 on others (>1)?
My custom post type name is "apartments".
Cheers!
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meta_query: using BETWEEN with floats and/or casting to DECIMAL
Each post has a lat/lng value attached to it via postmeta. I'm trying to grab all posts within a bounding lat/lng value. Here's the get_posts query:
$posts = get_posts(array(
'posts_per_page' ...
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get_posts from post x(offset=>x) to end
How can i get the posts using get_posts from let's say post 10 and beyond?So if i have 200 posts i will get from post 10 to post 200(190 posts)?
Because as i see if i use
<?php $args = array(
...
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Prioritising and Ordering Posts By Category Name Using A Custom Loop
I have a custom loop pulling out videos all assigned to various categories. However there is a category called "new-video" and I need to pull out all videos using my custom loop, but I would like the ...
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Getting only a specific post type with get_post?
I'm using the following function to get some posts based on their vote (Vote it Up plugin):
function top_voted($number){
$a = SortVotes();
echo '<div class="voted">';
$rows = 0;
...
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get_post random and order by not working
I have this code that returns list of post title as links, but when I add the 'orderby' and 'order' parameters - it returns results but 'orderby, order, rand' do not work, can anyone tell me what I'm ...
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Paging result of get_posts in function
I have created a function to use as a shortcode to allow me to display a specific post type on my page.
The function works well, but I would like to the results to be paged, and the navigation only to ...
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Function to get content by ID
I'm trying to get text only content of posts by ID. I modified this function as follows, but at the moment it returns nothing. I cannot see what's wrong with it.
function get_the_excerpt_id($post_id) ...
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With get_posts(), how can I put a category as a variable
I'm a noob at this so please bear with me.
I have the following code to return post title as links within categoryID 6, which is working fine:
<?php global $post; $cat_posts = ...
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How to return results of a get_posts() in explicitly defined order
I'm trying to create a loop of explicity ordered posts, for example:
<?php $args = array(
'include' => '1,3,8,4,12' ); ?>
<?php get_posts( $args ); ?>
The results are ...
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Query Posts or Get Posts by custom fields, possible?
If I were to take a standard query post.
<?php query_posts('post_type=payment'); while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
Only this time I would like to query the post by 2 custom fields that it ...
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If clauses in get_posts query
I am using the get_posts tag to get 4 random posts from a custom post type. However, I only want to get a post IF it has the $pic_url set.
I´ve tried using...
if(!$pic_url) {continue;}
But that ...
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Page displays content from different query?
How can I reset all variables in order to get the actual page content?
I keep getting the last post's content I've called from a news-box I've implemented - but need the actual page's content ..
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Does meta_query work within get_posts array?
I can't seem to get this to work — I'm trying to show posts that have the meta 'featured_image' value set to anything. From what I can tell, it's set up correctly, but I'm in a little over my head. ...
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Conflict between wp_list_pages and get_posts - list pages not displaying
This has only been a problem since I updated to Wordpress 3.1
I have a page that displays a list of custom post types. The page is the child of a parent page. There is a sidebar that lists sibling ...
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WordPress echoing content in seemingly random place
I have been building a series of theme pages. On one page a users messages (post_type=messages) come in in a tab on the page. The content is displayed in place as is the title etc.... The content is ...
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Whats the way to format a date after using get_posts()
I see that theres no way to get a formatted date from a function like
echo get_the_date($post->ID, 'd M Y');
get_the_date only works with the current $post. If I used get_posts() how can I ...
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setup_postdata() does not seem to be working?
I am not sure why but I have used get_posts() to query for some data. Then I used setup_postdata() ... I think its used so that I can use functions like the_permalink() etc with the new post data?
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Am I using get_posts wrong?
I have
<?php
$folioPosts = get_posts(array('category_name' => 'portfolio', 'numberposts' => 3));
if ($folioPosts->have_posts()) :
foreach ($folioPosts as $folioPost) :
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What's wrong with this post__not_in argument?
In the script below, the post__not_in argument does not appear to be working unless I hardcode the post ids inside the array(). Anything stand out?
If an item is in the category, but also in the ...
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How to create a custom loop ordered by Categories on a Page Template?
Ex.
Category 1
Post 1
Post 2
Post 3
Post ....
Category 2
Post 1
Post 2
Post 3
Post ....
Category ....
Post 1
Post 2
Post 3
Post ....
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Custom query for custom post_type
I need to display a list of current tasks. Each task has a custom post_type and a start date and end date.
Can someone tell me how to modify my query so it will pick up any tasks that have a start ...
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pre saved posts query from db options table
I found a question about magazine style front pages that queries always only 1 post (or custom_post_types, etc.) from a whole load of different categories, tags or custom taxonomies. I thought about ...
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Is it better practice to use query_posts, WP_Query, or get_posts to create various custom loops within a Page?
Right now, I'm using get_posts to retrieve cusstom posts types with a custom taxonomy assigned to it in order to generate static content like this:
<?php
/**
* Template Name: Front Page
* ...
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Why get_posts are only showing five posts (retrieved by assigning a category to them?
Here is the link
http://www.brianfunshine.com/voice-work/voice-page/
This is the code:
<?php
/**
* Template Name: Voice Page (Two Columns)
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Ten
* ...
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Query for custom post type?
I have installed the Custom Post Type UI plugin. After activation of this plugin I have created a custom post type called portfolio. Now I want to use this on the portfolio page in the front-end. How ...
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More posts from the current author
On a multi author WordPress blog I need to show a list with more posts from the current author. The list is inside the Loop, so I can use <?php the_author_meta('first_name'); ?> <?php ...
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get_children() Not Working with orderby Parameter
I am trying to use the orderby parameter in the get_children function as below:
$navigation = get_children(array(
'post_parent' => $parent->ID,
'orderby' => 'menu_order'
));
But it is ...
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Different Results with query('s=computer') vs get_posts('s=computer')?
I have two different pieces of code and it's returning two different results.
$search_query = new WP_Query();
$search_posts = $search_query->query('s=computer');
echo count($search_posts);
vs.
...
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Get term SLUG by term ID
I have a hierarchical taxonomy called 'tarefa'
I have to display all posts from a child taxonomy. I used get_term_children function function to verify if the taxonomy parent has children.
If the ...
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Show the First Post from Each of 3 Different Post Types on a Web Page?
I have 3 different custom post types: 1.) "events", 2.) "winners" and 3.) "offers". How would I go about retrieving the first (latest) post in each of these post types on a single web page (i.e a home ...
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Getting the Intersection of Two Custom Taxonomy Terms for a Custom Post Type?
(Moderators note: Was originally titled "How to get_posts of a custom post type that is in two custom taxonomies?")
I have a custom post type that has two taxonomies which are separate, one called ...
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When should you use WP_Query vs query_posts() vs get_posts()?
It seems like half the tutorials in the codex and around the blogosphere use query_posts() and half use WP_Query. What's the deal?
