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Widget to show posts in the sidebar basing on its IDs

I am trying to create a widget that displays posts in the sidebar taking post IDs as input from the user. The result of my code is that the widget displays just the first entered ID and ignores the ...
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How to get the post's parent ID?

I have a template which outputs the blog posts (Blog Page), I open one of the posts which use single.php template, Now how can I get the ID of it's parent which is the (Blog Page)? I should say that ...
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unused post IDs

Recently I installed plugin called Delete-Revision and noticed that every post has registered few post IDs. I usually use save drafts and update post a few times when I write a post. Here's the ...
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Echo Custom Post Types - show project with taxonomy/category x on template y

I only want to show up projects with specific IDs. Now I have a filter, which allows me to select between different preseted taxonomies. Fine so far. On on specific template.php I want to show up just ...
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Get a post's ID

How do I get a post's ID? I know I can use the_ID(), but I have to use it in The Loop. How can I get the post's ID without the loop? Because I think using the loop just to find the post's ID will slow ...
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Making posts permalinks consistent numbers

I'm developing a new website, but I can't quite figure out a solution to my permalinks problem. My main website is http://w3spine.com, I'm sending posts to my second WP installation at ...
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get all posts ID from a category

Problem: I need to get an array of ID's of posts from a given category If the category have any posts. This is to be used on a plugin options page. So far I have: $posts = ...
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retrieve the oldest post id

I'm trying to get the ID of the oldest post with the post_type = job_listing and post_status = publish. I'm using the code below but it does not work. Could anyone please help me $oldestID = ...
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How to get ID of the page included with get_page()?

I'm rewriting the question, including exemplary code, I hope it will be easier to understand now. 1. My shortcode: function testid_shortcode( ) { global $post; return ...
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Get the post_id of a new post

There are several ways to get the id of a post after it has been saved (auto, etc.), but is there a way to get the post id immediately after you create a new post? I am trying to create a directory ...
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Can a page_id and a post_id be same?

Wordpress generates ID's for each page/post. Do pages in wordpress share the same ID column in the database as the posts? I mean, if a site has both posts and pages, can one or more page_ID's be same ...
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How to get post id of last approved comment?

Can you help me with something simple? How can I get the post id of the last approved comment? I want to assign it to a variable. Thanks so much in advance!
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Get page ID of page that is set as the posts page

In WordPress settings you can set a page as the Posts Page. This can be found: WP-Admin->Settings->Reading Settings->Front page displays How do I retrieve the page ID that is set in this ...
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current post with current author

how can i check if the current post belongs to the current author? this is my basic code; ` if($curpost) { wpuf_edit_show_form($curpost); } else { $error = ...
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How to get the post id (of the parent custom custom type) in a loop inside a widget?

Below there is a widget with a Wordpress loop inside. It works as expected. The only problem is this part: 'post_parent' => $post->ID, The widget is not getting the post->ID of the parent ...
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Getting post id from wp_insert_post_data function?

I'm trying to use the function get_the_tags() from outside the 'loop'. I understand this can be achieved by using the post ID like get_the_tags($postID). Does anyone know how I can get the post ID ...