The core of the WordPress query, the loop offers an easy way to access post information and display it on your website.
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Pagination not working with custom loop
I've got a custom loop that I'm using to display some Real Estate listings that will be available within 60 days. I'm calling it with the following function:
<?php
$sixtydays = date('Y/m/d', ...
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1answer
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How to return loop contents
At times, I need to return the output of a loop (usually with WP_Query like in this example) for use in a shortcode or with a filter on the_content.
The following code that uses object buffering ...
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votes
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How to split a loop into multiple columns
If I have a loop running from a category query like :
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query('cat=1&showposts=50&orderby=title&order=asc');?>
<ul>
<?php while ...
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votes
1answer
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How can I fetch loop of post titles via AJAX?
I have a list of the most recent post titles in sidebar.php. Here is an example of how that code looks:
<?php $args = array('posts_per_page' => 20); ?>
<?php $sidebar = new ...
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votes
2answers
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WP_Query and next_posts_link
I cannot figure out how to make next_posts_link() work within my custom WP_Query. Here is the function:
function artists() {
echo '<div id="artists">';
$args = array( 'post_type' => ...
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votes
2answers
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“pre_get_posts” firing on every query
How can I change arguments for the main query only, and not affect other queries?
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'custom_post_count');
function custom_post_count($query){
...
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votes
1answer
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Is it possible to define a template for a custom post type within a plugin independent of the active theme?
I'm writing a plugin to manage data about open-source projects. I developed an object model and have successfully created all custom post types and taxonomies, as well as implemented the correct ...
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How to make multiple Column in archive Page?
I want to create multiple column on archive page but dont want duplicate posts
please have look examples
http://www.firstpost.com/category/business
...
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Include multiple page ids in loop
Haven’t slept in about 30 hours now, can someone please help as the below code doesn’t work, it just displays all posts etc :|
<?php $args = array
(
'page' => array(139, 54)
);
...
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1answer
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How-to exclude terms from the main query the most performant way?
This Q is a follow up to this answer on the Q: "How to exclude a specific term for the search?".
4 ways to filter out posts that have a specific term
Type | Pro | ...
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2answers
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Pagination with WP_Query is buggy - working for some pages, but not the others
I'm having a very peculiar bug with pagination :( I'm trying to display 4 posts per page for a category with slug "lastest-news".
The pagination function seems to work correctly. There are 33 posts. ...
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votes
1answer
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Listing Parent, Child and GrandChild Categories and then the PostTitles on Page Template !
What I want to do is a loop like this is something like this I'm really sorry but its hard to format here!
I going to put this short url http://pastebin.com/dEdKzgJz so you can see it better... Can ...
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vote
1answer
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Add inline HTML to posts published within last 24hrs
Basically I'm looking to add this line of code to posts published within the last 24hrs:
<span class="new">New!</span>
When the post is over 24hrs old, remove the inline HTML element.
...
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vote
1answer
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posts_per_page & pagination conflict
I have a custom query to display my custom post type. posts_per_page set to '5'. In admin post per page set to '10' (settings => Reading => Blog pages show at most 10 posts)
My template lists 5 posts ...
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vote
3answers
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Grossly inefficient wordpress loops!
I'm working on a site at the moment for an orchestra. The various members need to be listed, according to their instrument. The members have a custom post type of biography and I'm capturing the ...
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votes
1answer
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How to add author details in the post sidebar?
I would like to add author details in the sidebar instead of bottom of the post?
Can anyone tell me how to do that?
As of now i'm using like this in the loop
<?php $curauthor = ...
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votes
4answers
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How do I exclude a custom taxonomy from the post loop
Is there a simple or easy way to exclude all posts from a custom taxonomy in the loop? I've been looking high and low, and neither SE, SO or Google seem to have a straight answer.
I know it can be ...
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vote
3answers
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Custom post type not displaying content from single-{custom post type} page
I am trying to create a custom post type with taxonomy and a shortcode for my custom search in a plugin.When I activate my plugin I see my CPT and taxonomy on dashboard. But when I publish the post I ...
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vote
3answers
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How to Change Loop to Order Posts by Views (using wp-postviews plugin)
I hope somebody would be kind enough to help. I currently have a page that orders all of the posts by comment count, but I want to change the loop to order the posts by view count. I have installed ...
0
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1answer
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Style every four posts differently [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to mark every 3rd post
Is it possible to style every four posts differently?
I mean something like this:
<div class="row">
<div>1st post</div>
...
0
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1answer
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Using jQuery .after inside loop
I have a bit of javascript that will dynamically add a static post to a loop. The script uses the jQuery 'after' method and on a static page it works beautifully but when inside the loop I don't get ...
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1answer
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Can i merge 2 new WP_Query($variable) 's?
I am running a multisite network and i have setup a sql query that uses swith_to_blog(); and queries the posts.
Is there a way that i can declare the query inside a new WP_Query and actually merge ...
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2answers
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WordPress Loop Through Particular Pages
I have the following code setup as a page template and assigned to a page:
<?php if ( have_posts() ) :
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php
...
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2answers
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Stepping through a foreach loop - adding +1 to the end of it so next time it loops it starts on item 2
I'm creating a custom Google map that plots multiple markers.
View the link as it will make it easier to explain what is happening and what I want
If you click on each marker it shows company names ...
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1answer
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Find most recent authors
What I'm looking to do it get the 16 latest posts from 16 different authors. In other words there would be the 16 latest posts, but no one single author would have more that 1 post on the page.
The ...
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vote
1answer
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Multiple WP_Query loops with Pagination
There are a few other questions about this (and WP_Query pagination seems to be a huge question for a lot of people) so I'm trying to narrow down exactly how to make it function.
I'm able to create a ...
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votes
4answers
2k views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
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Get post content from outside the loop
Is there a way to get the content from another outside the loop? The ID is 302 and I need to display the content of that on another page.
2
votes
2answers
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Broken pagination
Well I'm here again with almost the same problem as I had in this post three weeks ago, but let me explain what has happened since then:
I was originally using one loop to display the most recent ...
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vote
1answer
801 views
Show scheduled posts in archive page
I'd like my archive.php page's daily view (is_day) to display scheduled posts (post_status=future). For example, if I go to mysite.com/2011/05/20 I would see all posts scheduled to appear on May 20.
...
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vote
3answers
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Display thumbnail only on the very first post in the loop?
What's the best way to use <?php the_post_thumbnail();?> in my loop BUT only show a thumbnail on the FIRST post? Meaning, only the first post in the loop will have it's image shown?
Here is an ...
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How to retrieve “sticky” post outside the “loop”?
I need to display the "sticky" post in a section that is outside the "loop".
Can someone tell me how to do this?
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How can I create an alternative home page?
I'm working on a site which has a fully customized front page. Now I'm asked to add a more classic looking blog type page which will be reacheable at http://domain/blog.
I tried creating a custom ...
2
votes
1answer
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wp_pagenavi() with custom wp_query()?
<?php
/*
Template Name: Projects
*/
?>
<?php get_header();?>
<section id="content">
<section id="main">
<?php
$loop = new ...
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vote
1answer
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Using the Loop to show all levels of subpages under a parent page? Halfway there
I have a need to make the Loop run through all of the children of a parent, all of the children of each child, etc. The reason I need the Loop instead of a listing tag like wp_list_pages is so that I ...
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Exclude the category from the Wordpress loop
Question
Hi everyone, I have this code for the loop, and I need to exclude a category 4 from this loop. Please help :)
Code that starts the loop
<?php if(have_posts()): ?>
...
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Custom Loop, Match Category with Page
I want to set up my template so that Pages show a list of posts where the category slug matches the page slug. So on the Page "About Us" ('about'), posts tagged with the category-slug 'about'. The ...
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1answer
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Loop inside the loop
I'm working on a project where I need display 2 post from one category and also I need to put another loop between this post post to display random list of post from other category. Easiest way to do ...
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How would you create a “weekly” archive?
I'm looking to create individual archives for each category of my website, but want to them to break into weeks. Check out the linked image (can't embed images as a new user?):
...
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1answer
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Search results with custom loop don't update when paged
I have the following code in my search results page to split up posts per category.
When I go to the 2nd page of pagination, the results are exactly the same as the first.
I'm assuming $paged has to ...
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votes
3answers
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How to splice in wp_links links into the loop?
I want to create a loop where 2 or 3 items from my blogroll are spliced in like this:
<loop>
<post1>
<post2>
<blogroll1>
<post3>
<blogroll3> ...
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votes
2answers
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Do we still need to include a “if (have_posts())” in templates?
I include this logic in my template all the time
if (have_posts()):
//show content
else:
//show content not found
endif;
But recently i began to doubt its necessarity, wordpress will turn to ...
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votes
2answers
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How to add a “last” class to the last post in loop.php?
I need to add a "last" class to the last post that appears in loop.php.
Can someone tell me how to accomplish this?
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votes
2answers
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Build a content and excerpt grid loop with paging and options for # of posts
What I'd like to do: on index.php, a loop that shows a selectable number of full posts using the_content and then below that shows a selectable number (the number of posts can be hardcoded in the ...
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votes
1answer
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Get the children of the parent category
I'm trying to get all the children categories to display in this loop but I'm struggling with the code. This is what I have so far.
<?php $args=array('orderby' => 'name', 'order' => 'ASC');
...
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Multiple Loops Homepage?
I have been pretty impressed with the recent redesign at WebDesignerDepot and I am curious about the mechanics of their homepage. I like how they have featured post sections that break up the monotony ...
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Posts in loop displaying all taxonomies
I have a loop set up to display projects with two types of taxonomies attached to each. My issue is that within the loop I have set up a function to select specific posts to attach different ...
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Display one post from each term in a custom taxonomy
I am trying to display a list which shows one post (and information about the person posting) from each custom taxonomy term.
The code I am using is as follows, but it is instead printing out EVERY ...
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vote
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Show a list of recently viewed posts to a user
I have a lot of video posts on my site and I'm looking to show the user a list of posts they've recently viewed. I'm guessing the best route is to just add the post id to an array in their usermeta ...
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1answer
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Get Custom post with ID
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.
Thanks
