Posts are the core of WordPress. They store content, are categorized, and are expansible with meta. Posts are grouped by post type, and within their post type by taxonomy (though a taxonomy can span more than one post type).
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Stop Wordpress Wrapping Images In A “P” Tag
I have searched high and low for a simple solution to this, but to no avail. Wordpress keeps on wrapping my images in p tags and because of the eccentric nature of the layout for a site I am working ...
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Show a different number of posts per page depending on context (e.g., homepage, search, archive)
In the Reading Settings, there is place to set the number of posts shown that affects the number of posts shown in all contexts. I'd like to show instead a certain number of posts on the homepage, and ...
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How do I check if I linked to a post before I delete it?
If I want to "safely" delete a post. I want to make sure that no link exists (within my blog) to "to-be-deleted" post. How do I do that?
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How to mark every 3rd post
I'm working on a WordPress site for my band and I'd like to mark every 3rd post on our blog page to have a special class applied to it, anybody have any pointers on how to achieve this? Any help is ...
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Turn a URL into an Attachment / Post ID
Is there any way I can take a URL of an image and find the attachment or post id of that image in the database?
Here is the situation:
I'm in a loop going over all the 'img' tags that are surrounded ...
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How to change the case of all post titles to “Title Case”
I am helping my father with his WordPress website.
It has over 1,700 posts with TITLES IN UPPERCASE.
We'd like to change these to "Title Case" in the database (possibly using this PHP script).
The ...
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How do you add Read more … link to posts?
How do you add Read more ...link to a particular post or to all posts in a blog ?
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Is there a way I can write a series in WordPress?
What I mean by series is like writing a book. A reader should be able to click on the book and then proceed to read the chapters. I can probably mimic it by creating a page and then linking it to a ...
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ZIP up all images displayed in a [gallery] and offer as download link
I would like to offer my visitors the option to download the entire photo gallery (displayed on dedicated [gallery] pages) as a ZIP file displayed at the bottom of each gallery page. - The full-sized ...
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How to make comments work for a post loaded per Ajax?
I am currently loading a single post using ajax. While the post loading works ok, I cannot get the comments to load. Here is my code:
My javascript to load the post:
<script>
...
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WP insert post PHP function and Custom Fields
The wordpress function is used for submitting data programatically. Standard fields to submit to incude the content, excerpt, title, date and many more.
What there is no documentation for is how to ...
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Submit post and upload image from front-end
I am trying to do something similar to the above question. I am trying to make users post and upload images from front-end. I have already done the post form and its working.
I just followed and ...
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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?
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GET the excerpt by ID
Why is it that one cannot get the excerpt by ID like with the title and most other elements.
eg. get_the_excerpt(ID). I know how to use it with the $post->post_excerpt function but that does not ...
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How can I convert Posts into Custom type posts?
I have a Wordpress site that I just updated to 3.1. I want to make use of custom post types now, my question is how can I assign (transfer?) a post to a newly created custom post type ?
For example, ...
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How to prevent a post from being deleted?
For auditing issue, I only want a post can be trashed, but not deleted - for all users.
So I have a plugin like
add_action('before_delete_post', function($id) {
wp_die(0);
});
But ...
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Adding Page Attributes Metabox and Page Templates to the Posts Edit Page?
(Moderators note: Title was originally "How can I add the "Page Attributes" and/or "Page Attributes > Template" selector to POSTS editor")
WP currently only allows the assignment of a "template" to ...
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How does one reduce the number of stored revisions?
How does one reduce the number of stored revision (e.g. 5 max) for post types that support revisions?
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Set Default Listing “View” in Admin
I'm looking for a way to set the default "View" options under post types in the admin area. For example, by default Posts will default to a "list" view instead of "excerpt" - I'd like to change this ...
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Add extra parameters after permalink?
How can I add extra parameters after a permalink, specifically if I'm using a custom post type?
For example, let's say http://mysite/album/record-name was the permalink. How can I make ...
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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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How can you change the 'Insert into Post' title in the media button?
Actualy the question says it all. I integrated a media upload box to my admin page and a button with the text 'Insert into post' makes no sense. I rather like to change it to something like 'Use this ...
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How to merge two or more WordPress posts?
I need to be able to merge two or more posts. What is the exact query (or queries) to make this happen?
The scenario is multiple recommendations that need to be merged into one. I have already sorted ...
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using wp_update_post on save_post
im trying to update a posts date (-1 year), when you hit update. but it causes an infinite loop.
any other ways of doing this?
thanks.
function change_year($post_id, $post){
if ( ...
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How to Display Network Post Count?
Is it possible to display the total post count for all blogs in a Network? get_blog_count and get_user_count do so for blogs and users, but I can't find any methods to do so for post count.
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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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Wordpress Queue like Tumblr?
Is there a way to give Wordpress the queue functionality that Tumblr has? Tumblr's queue, for those who don't know, is a way to space posts out without assigning specific post dates. For example, a ...
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Display Random Author with Details in Sidebar
PHP newbie here, recently decided to have a stab at cobbling together a kooky little 'Random Author Spotlight' feature into my current WordPress theme. I'm almost done, but I've hit something of a ...
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Listen to Post action
I am writing a plugin that adds a custom metabox to the post page. I would like to trigger an event when the user navigates away from the edit post page or when a user stops editing a specific post. ...
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What's $object->filter for?
I keep seeing this pattern, and wonder what it's for, how WP uses it internally:
if ( empty($post) ) {
if ( isset($GLOBALS['post']) )
$_post = & $GLOBALS['post'];
else
...
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Delete the original big size image after upload and leave only 3 images crunched by media gallery
I need to know is it possible to somehow erase the original image uploaded via Gravity form : post image - post field?! With the situation now I receive 4 images. 1 original (can be whatever user has ...
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Optimize post insert and delete for bulk operations?
Not much noticeable when working with individual posts, but when you create or delete multiple thousands in bulk and by code - process is quite slow.
Are there any good tweaks to apply and corners to ...
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Add a new post status in the post progression
I run a site with about 30 authors and 3 editors. Authors submit posts for review, and editors schedule or publish them. It would be useful to have another post status of "Editing" between Pending ...
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Add existing images from Media Library in to custom gallery
I have [gallery] inside the post, and I'm interested in a way to add already existing images from media library in to this gallery? once I trying add any image I have only one option - insert into ...
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Different post sort order within different categories
I need to give each post a unique post order for multiple Categories (per post) it is in. I can imagine a solution using custom fields whereby for each Category there is a corresponding custom field ...
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Allow variable amount of comments before pagination
There is an option in the admin settings allowing you to define how many comments should be listed before creating a new page for the next ones. I would like to have the same number of comments for ...
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User-Specific Timezones? Hack? Plugin?
Is there any way, whether it be a hack, a plugin, etc., to give users their own timezone? I am using a purchased SMS plugin. Users (my clients) login and are able to send out text messages when they ...
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How can I increase the character limit for post passwords?
When I want to protect a post on one of my blogs, I like to use a passphrase instead of a password (albeit purely for the sake of creativity, not security — they're stored plainly anyway). However, ...
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Search Custom Post Type Pages and Custom Fields in 2 Dropdowns?
On my custom post type pages I have custom fields that the user can edit.
What I want is to have a search form with 2 select dropdowns: one dropdown that is populated with all the top-level custom ...
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Add tag to post api wordpress
I have been googling around but could not find the "add tag to post" api/codex. Does anyone know what it is ? Also, the "delete tag from post".
Thanks.
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order posts by date like craigslist
the image is worth a thousand words. take a look at it.
you know how craigslist has posts organized by date ..ex
Tue 3
post links for tuesday
Wed 4
post links for wed
Thurs 5
post links for ...
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How to Create Editable Blocks of Text for the Homepage?
I'm making a site based on WordPress. It's not going to seem a blog or WP. Just a website. So WP acts like backend where the client can edit the text blocks.
Question:
How can I put block of text ...
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Highlight a Featured Post?
I would like to "highlight" a featured post above all other posts with a special indicator.
Is there a feature in WordPress that will do this or do I need to install a third party plug-in?
I am ...
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List latest posts in WP-Admin
I run a multiple author site and I have created a plugin in wp-admin where authors can connect and collaborate with each other. To enhance it, I want to display a list of latest posts, this list ...
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Can posts have parents?
Are posts supposed to have parents? If so, what would that mean for a post to have a parent?
Also, if there are some constraints to posts having parents, then where is that enforced? Not in the DB as ...
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Auto-post to multiple sites like Posterous?
I'd like to be able to autopost from my wordpress site (private wordpress.org, not on wordpress.com) to multiple sites with one plugin/hack from within wordpress. I'd like my posts to be able to be ...
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Getting the Next and Previous Posts Titles in the Sidebar?
Let's assume that I have the following posts with the following titles:
PostA (is assigned to the 'category 1')
PostX (category 2)
PostB (category 1)
PostC (category 1)
PostD (category 1)
PostY ...
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Is it possible to bold certain words in a post title?
I guess I would like to be able to include HTML tags within the title so that when the title is listed certain words are bolded.
Is this possible? When I try to put HTML into the title, the tag ...
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Passing current cookies in wp_remote_get to get Draft Post Preview
I want pass current user cookies in wp_remote_get function to get a Draft Post Preview page content.
I check already the questions:
What URL do you pass to wp_remote_get to load the body of the ...
