Pages are static, timeless content that are unique from the regular blog chronology.
18
votes
10answers
1k views
Contact Form on WordPress Sites?
How does one go about building a page in wordpress that contains a contact form full of custom fields, boxes, inputs, etc. completely determined by the author of the site. It seems odd that wordpress ...
11
votes
3answers
15k views
Get page link from slug?
Is is possible to get a page's permalink from the slug alone? I'm aware that you can get the page's permalink from the ID using get_page_link():
<a href="<?php echo get_page_link(40); ...
10
votes
1answer
327 views
How to configure WordPress to handle 75,000 pages?
I have a large site that's using WordPress. We have 75,000 pages in the site so far, and it's performing well on the front-end.
The issue is that if anyone on our team touches the page editor ...
9
votes
2answers
185 views
How can I keep the content of my pages version controlled?
We have a WordPress-based website that provides documentation to our REST API. Since our API is constantly changing, so is the documentation. However, we would like to keep the documentation version ...
8
votes
4answers
994 views
What methods to use to create small, editable pieces of text for static pages?
For many of the sites I do for clients, the designers will make pages with small pieces of text in various places. For example, the home page will have a headline, a tagline, and a small box with ...
7
votes
1answer
3k views
Check if we're on the wp-login page?
How can I check if the current page is wp-login.php or wp-signup.php ?
Are there more elegant solutions than using $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?
7
votes
2answers
2k views
Custom Post Type Slug / Page Slug Conflict - Prevent use of reserved slug on page save?
I have a custom post type of portfolio (slug portfolio) in my theme and all is working well except one thing. When people create a page with a slug of portfolio, eg: example.com/portfolio, the theme ...
7
votes
1answer
2k views
Customizing the URLs of WordPress Login and Sign-up Pages?
I have Multisite installed. I have whitelabeled it using the Whitelabel-CMS plugin, but I can't customize the URLs of the sign-up and login pages.
Can I change the URL of my multisite's login page? ...
7
votes
2answers
3k views
Integrating a custom post type into a page hierarchy
I'm creating a theme with a custom post type for team members, I've also got the following page structure:
about <-- this is a page
about/team-members <-- this is a page, lists all the team ...
6
votes
1answer
188 views
Stop WP from creating “Sample Page” and “Hello World!” post
Is it possible to stop WP from creating the "Sample Page" and "Hello World!" post when creating a new blog?
6
votes
4answers
18k views
Proper way to get page content
I have to get specific page content (like page(12))
I used that :
<?php $id=47; $post = get_page($id); echo $post->post_content; ?>
Work nice execpt for compatibility with qtranslate ...
6
votes
2answers
3k views
Any guides on creating custom admin pages?
I basically want to create a table (preferably AJAXified) that lets the user enter a line of information, and be able to add new lines of information, and delete selected ones.
I've found this post ...
5
votes
1answer
133 views
How to load javascript on custom page template?
I have a custom page template where I would like to load some javascript. I suppose I could always include the javacsript in the actual file, but that seems ugly. Is there any way to identify if ...
5
votes
2answers
681 views
How to Remove all Instances of edit_post_link
Can someone please assist with how to remove from my theme, whilst in author mode, the edit_post_link (Edit link), throughout all my pages. Which php files in the Twenty Eleven theme (WordPress v3.2) ...
5
votes
1answer
134 views
multi page password protection
Is it possible to have the "password protected page" feature of WordPress apply to more than one page? I have dozens of pages which I wish to protect with the same password, but I don't want people to ...
5
votes
3answers
656 views
Can I display submenus in groups, using wp_list_pages?
Say I have top-level(parentless) pages called Fruit, Animals, Cars.
When, say, Fruit is selected I would like to show links to the individual fruit pages below. I would like to be able to dislpay ...
5
votes
4answers
2k views
WordPress admin screen very slow / timing out when editing or adding a new page/custom post
I'm new to the site but appreciate any help you can give.
I have a WordPress set-up which (rightly or wrongly) has hundreds of pages and thousands of another custom post type which is also based on a ...
4
votes
8answers
5k views
Is there a way (plugin?) to restrict a user to being able to edit just one page?
We use wordpress like a CMS and would very much like to allow users to have a "homepage". Ideally they'd be prevented from mucking up the whole site.
Is there a simple way to limit users editing ...
4
votes
5answers
1k views
get_pages() not ordering as it should
I'm using get_pages() function to get all subpages from a page like this:
$childrens = get_pages(array('child_of' => 7,
'sort_column' => 'post_date',
...
4
votes
1answer
232 views
Page returns 404 with POST variables, but not without
I have a problem with my page. I'm trying to make a "Contact Us" page. It's working perfectly fine design-wise. But when I try to send the form to the same page as origin. It returns 404 error.
It ...
4
votes
2answers
209 views
Allow only new sub-pages to be created
Here is an amazing solution to restrict the creation of new parent pages, and I would want to use it, but the newly created sub-pages are saved only as drafts and this was not solved (see last ...
4
votes
2answers
455 views
Posts in multiple Categories different single.php
I am smashing my head against some code.
Here is the situation:
I have one post in 3 different categories, this post has to be visible in "category 1" with the single1.php, in "category 2" with ...
4
votes
3answers
201 views
Editing Complex Pages in Visual Mode
This might be a stupid question, and maybe I've missed some best practices thing, but I've been having this problem with clients using sites on WordPress. Let's say we have a fairly complex page that ...
4
votes
3answers
253 views
How to embed page content in a blog post
I've built an HTML table that is posted on a page in my site, and I'd like to use that same content inside a blog post (something of an announcement of the table's publication). The table is likely to ...
4
votes
1answer
749 views
Passing variables through permalink structure
I have a WordPress page which is accessible via /accommodation/.
What I want to be able to do is pass in a parameter using the URL - ie going to /accommodation/value1/ would load the same page as ...
4
votes
2answers
924 views
How to check if I'm on the last page of posts?
I want to display some text on the last page that isn't displayed on the other pages.
For example, on category pages: url.com/category/categoryname/page/6
or last page of all posts listed on the ...
4
votes
2answers
1k views
Page as child in custom post type slug?
I have the following structure:
/projects (archive of cpt projects with template archive-projects.php)
/projects/project-1 (single view of cpt with template single-projects.php)
/projects/downloads ...
4
votes
3answers
432 views
A way to automatically install pages on theme install?
I'm trying to build a theme which would require specific pages to be included. Is there a way to automatically create pages and assign them to their page templates when a theme is installed?
4
votes
1answer
110 views
Create a “Dummy” parent page for a hierarchy in page listing?
Is it possible to set up a "dummy" page - just a page title that appears in the page listing, and a page that is not editable and doesn't have a slug?
This is more of a hypothetical question, as I ...
4
votes
1answer
337 views
Getting only direct child pages in WordPress with get_pages
I am trying to fetch all direct children of a page. But I am getting all children and grand children as well. Any ideas?
PHP Source:
$args = array(
'child_of' => $post->ID,
...
3
votes
2answers
101 views
Automatically remove trashed pages from nav menu
As it is now, when a page that is in the nav menu is trashed, it still stays in the menu until manually remove via the nav menu editor. Is it possible to have trashed pages removed automatically?
...
3
votes
3answers
2k views
wp_nav_menu: show menu only if one exists, otherwise show nothing
I'm trying to use wp_nav_menu to only display a menu if one exists, otherwise, display nothing.
If I delete the menu, it will output a list of the pages.
My functions.php file contains:
if ...
3
votes
3answers
2k views
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 ...
3
votes
2answers
187 views
Is it proper to create a page just to generate a listing page (eg. for a custom post type)
I find myself creating pages just as a "placeholder" to a listing page.
eg. I create a page "Blog" and "Portfolio". Both has the editor emtpy. And I just use it so that I can use page-blog.php and ...
3
votes
2answers
989 views
Multiple areas of dynamic content in a page
I am new in Wordpress and what I really can't find how to do is the following:
I have a new Page created from the CMS. This pages have different modules with text. Take for example this template ...
3
votes
1answer
447 views
Create a page without adding a page in the Database
I am trying to include a special Archive page with my theme, right now I have a PHP file with
Template Name: Archives Template at the top and I the user must create a blank archive POST PAGE and ...
3
votes
2answers
1k views
Get top level page parent title
How do I get the page title of the upper most parent page of the page the visitor is currently on?
Let me describe:
I have this page structure:
Example Title 1
Example Title 1-1
Example Title ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
Pages: frontpage.php, home.php, posts page etc
When do I use the following:
home.php
frontpage.php
Under Settings > Reading Settings
Front Page
Posts Page
I wish to clarify this as I find myself using "Placeholder Pages", empty pages just ...
3
votes
2answers
633 views
TV Show database - Best way for structuring it?
I want to make a TV Show database in Wordpress that has this URL format:
/tvshows/friends/01/12/
/tvshows/ would list all series
/tvshows/friends/ would list all the seasons available for Friends ...
3
votes
2answers
111 views
Pass PHP variable to javascript
Is there any possibility to pass some PHP variables in javascript so I can use them later?
Only in single.php.
I heard about wp_enqueue_scripts but with that it is neccesary to declare a path to a JS ...
3
votes
1answer
686 views
Displaying images with relative paths in the editor
By default it seems the editor inserts images using an absolute path.
We're developing a site in /staging/ and plan to move it later on. Is there a way to get relative paths on images to display ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
How to show the same content on multiple URLs?
A client currently has a website set up with three distinct sub-sites (run off a single WordPress install), each with a slightly different theme (same layout, different colour scheme.
I currently ...
3
votes
2answers
983 views
What is the best way to include a widget in a Page?
I am setting up a new WordPress blog and would like to include a widget in the content of a Page. I found some forums describing PHP hacks which appeared to apply to older versions. With WordPress ...
3
votes
1answer
55 views
How to count current user's pages?
There are a lot of answers on how to count users posts by using:
<?php
if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
global $wpdb;
$user = wp_get_current_user();
$where = ...
3
votes
1answer
1k views
Diplay a registered user profile page
I have a website where users can register, login and their edit profile, they can comment but not post.
What I am looking for is a way to display a user profile page (where I display the gravatar and ...
3
votes
2answers
177 views
Pagination for sub-pages
I have a top level page with a lot of subpages.
When a user visits the top level page they currently see the titles/thumbnails/excerpts of all of the subpages.
How can I paginate the display of the ...
3
votes
1answer
147 views
Assign title-specific class to list items in menu based on WP pages
I'm currently using a WP-generated list of pages for my site navigation - this is using the method wp_page_menu.
I'd like to add custom styling to specfic list items in the menu, and I was wondering ...
3
votes
2answers
4k views
Get content from one page and show it on another page
So, I've been googling and reading and testing and failing.
I'm fairly new to php, so don't expect to much :)
I'm working on a new design, and I want to show content from the about page on my ...
3
votes
3answers
814 views
Broken wordpress permalinks on pages only
Not sure when it happened but the custom permalinks for pages on my client's Wordpress site have broken. I can fix it by reverting back to the default permalinks and then using the custom permalinks, ...
3
votes
1answer
246 views
Wordpress admin never finishes saving page on site with large page count
I have a Wordpress install with a very large amount of pages (a few hundred thousand), and over time it has gotten to the point where editing a page takes an extremely long amount of time. It would ...
