Set up The Loop with query parameters. This will override the current WordPress Loop and shouldn’t be used more than once. This must not be used within the WordPress Loop.
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Wordpress query_posts and orderby page order
I have a page that lists all sub pages of the current page. Each page has been assigned an order number in the wordpress editor but they aren't ordering for some reason.
I'm set up like this:
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IF.. post meta show… Conditional Tag Help…?
I have the following conditional tag, which a friend helped me with...
Currently it works doing..
1) If a featured image just show that.
2) If images attached show featured image wrapped in a link ...
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cannot get multiple loops using tax_query
I am trying to get three loops to display. they all belong to the same post type and the same taxonomy family. but i'm trying to separate the taxonomy by three different values.
$argsOwners = array( ...
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Placing post data (title, date, and excerpt) nested in static content
I apologize if this is a newbie question, but I am very new to working with WP template files.
I am working on a campaign site (that I unfortunately can't show you before the launch in a couple ...
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previewing my posts on static page?
I am new to WP.
What i allready have -
I am building a news blog with few posts categories. each category function as a different section (Economics, Sports etc.)
What i want to achieve-
What i ...
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Exclude newest post from category X but show rest
I would like to show all posts but only exclude the NEWEST post from the 'Featured' category, other posts from this cat should display. Any idea what I should add to the loop to achieve this? I want ...
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WordPress Custom Query
I have posts that use a custom field for start date and end date.
query_posts returns an array of posts that exist in the category I'm filtering.
How do I query posts using this custom field that has ...
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Order query by meta_value with multiple custom fields
I would like to get ordered all my posts with multiple cutom fields (WordPress 3).
Exemple, I've 2 custom couple meta_key/meta_value :
" order_submenuexpositions / numeric "
" ...
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query_posts() ALWAYS displays something?
OK, I'm using posts_query() to display posts.
The problem is, at least in my case, posts_query() always outputs something.
For example:
<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? ...
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Wordpress Posts Out Of Order after 3.1 Update
The first posts I wrote are now showing on the homepage. After Googling, the problem is because I am using query_posts to exclude a certain category on the main loop.
<?php ...
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How do I correctly get all posts within the last year using the query_posts function?
Specifically, I am making a custom rss feed. I have modeled it after the rss2 feed that is in the wp-includes folder. I can successfully retrieve all posts using the standard ...
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Showing Post Counts of One's (Author) Own in the admin post list
How can I show user's post counts of one's (Author) own in the admin post list (edit.php) instead of all post count of the system? like published (10), Draft (5) ... of his own or logedin user.
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Query on custom field count?
I have the following code:
<div id="pc" class="smartbar-content">
<ul class="smartbar-items">
<?php
$paged = ( get_query_var('paged') ) ...
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Query posts by category AND custom field, then ORDERBY another custom field - help!
OK I need to query posts using the following criteria:
category_name=office,
meta_key=featured_post,
meta_value=Yes
and order these results using a second custom field which has a numerical value
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Trouble with get_next_post() get_previous_post() returning null
I'm using wp as an engine to put blog features in an existing site. I have a place in the blog page where I load wp-load.php. I want to get the next and previous posts, but when I load a post from ...
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How can i display the posts per week in a particular month?
I have to display the posts as the following
September 2010
Friday September 24, 2010
post1
post2
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.
.
Friday September 17, 2010
post1
post2
.
.
.
Friday September 10, 2010
post1
post2
.
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.
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Trying to find a way to query post like normal search would do. within search.php page
I have a costume search in a site i am making.
When a user search a certain term, i want to display category list with a count of how many posts are found with in that category.
I thought of a way ...
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using post__in allow duplicate post id
I have an array of ids in a specific order. I use post__in in my query to get posts from this array. I have some duplicate post IDs that I need to show twice in the page but the query seems to ignore ...
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Custom MySQL Query with logic
I have wp e-commerce plugin installed and custom building custom global search
My query looks like this
SELECT * FROM aka_v_posts
LEFT JOIN aka_v_postmeta
ON aka_v_posts.ID=aka_v_postmeta.post_id
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WordPress get posts by date without query_posts
I'm want to get posts from the last 30days in a sidebar but I don't want to use query_posts, is there a way to achieve this with the get posts function?
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child of post type (custom)
I registered a custom post type (foo) with register_post_type, setting 'hierarchical' => true,so now when I want to use it I have post_type=foo.
How can I query child of foo? any ideas?
thanks!
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Ensuring sticky posts are retrieved first (without using two queries)?
I need to maintain pagination for use with infinite scroll.
Is there no way to tell query_posts to retrieve sticky posts first?
It seems to be default behaviour on a standard wordpress blog on the ...
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How do I query a custom post type with a custom taxonomy?
For some reason I'm finding it a struggle to grab any posts using a custom taxonomy... can anyone unravel my stupidity?
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'adverts',
'advert_tag' => ...
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2answers
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Display random post on a page with post permalink in URL
I have seen many snippets to display random post/posts on a page. Most of them provide a function or wp_query code to be directly placed where it is required. In the end they tell to create a template ...
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2answers
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Query Posts Exclude Entire Category
I am using the standard wordpress loop that looks like:
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
...
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2answers
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Page template with different page and post content
I am using a wordpress theme which has a page template named roomtypes. I am not a php pro but as far as I understand this template gets the posts. When I add a Room type, it is created as a post with ...
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Order posts by ID in the given order
In the back-office of my theme, the users can choose which posts to display in the front page, and they can also choose in which order the selected posts should appear.
I have tried like this:
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1answer
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Show 1 post and after a specific date show the next one
I used the following query to have only 1 post published on the homepage from a particular category:
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php ...
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1answer
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Author List page: Exclude based on last post date
I have a Author page that I built using this code and it works fine. However, I have several writers that range from frequent to one-time writers. I would like to seperate out writers that have not ...
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1answer
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is there a way to show the the post title after the image?
Trying to show the post title after the image in the main blog page and single page, I have tried to edit the content.php but unable to achive the result I need, which is basiscally
IMAGE
TITLE
META ...
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1answer
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meta_value_num sort glitch
i have a custom query, and I have a meta key that contains a sequence number: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2... 11.1, etc
the problem occurs when the numerical sequence gets in to double digits, ie. 5.11, 5.12, ...
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Query posts by taxonomy term name
I would love to get the list of posts by their custom taxonomy (=store) name.
Here is what I have so far, but it is not working.
Please help with the code.
$mystorename is a variable holding the ...
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How to order posts by slug using query_posts/ Wp_query
I want to display posts sorted by slug on a page. Is it possible to order posts by slug using query_posts or Wp_query?
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Order query using custom meta data
I have created a custom post type called Events with the name of events
function add_events_post_type() {
register_post_type("events", array(
"label" => __("Events"),
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Query Custom posts of same taxonomy as the post itself
I have 2 custom post types: "Services" and "Works" and they both have a same taxonomy 'Genre'. Now the taxonomy 'Genre' has as term called 'novice'. 5 Recent posts under "Works" which has the term ...
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Why is querying posts messing up my pages?
I am working on a theme at the moment and I have set up a post template.
This post template is linked to some custom post types.
When I query_posts for my post type on the actual post template ...
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Displaying terms based on loop posts?
I have a shortcode that shows a loop for a custom post type:
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
// do something
endwhile;
Some of the posts are in categories ...
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Get latest 3 posts from multiple CPT in one query
I'm looking to create a site wide feed on my site and have multiple custom post types. I'd like to display say 3 posts from at least 3 different post types. I can get the latest 10 posts across each ...
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Using Query Posts With Multiple Post Types And A Taxonomy
I am developing a site that has two different custom post types; one of them is called Articles and one is called Sketchpad. Sketchpad is user submitted content that is assigned a custom taxonomy term ...
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Possible to display posts containing a short code ?
i have some posts with a certain shortcode in them. unfortunately these posts are in different categories and contain different tags so i am not able to query them. is it possible that i run a query ...
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Display all posts that were published before full post on single.php
The way I would like my blog to work is a user clicks on a post that was published on 12th March 2012 (for example) they get taken to single.php where the content of that post is displayed as normal.
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get custom post type
I am using this code to get custom posts in rows.
<?php query_posts('posts_per_page=72&cat=' . $cat . '&order=ASC');
$columns = 5;
$increment = 0;
?>
<table class="cat">
...
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1answer
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Category Foreach keeps looping?
I'm using the following code to acquire all the child categories of a category and displaying the child posts of the child categories.
<?php
$cats = get_categories( 'child_of='.get_query_var( ...
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1answer
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How to show related posts by category
In my gallery site i want to show other pictures under the current picture (in single post). I seen more codes but it i asks to specify the category, but i dont want want specify the category manually ...
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How to make “sticky” pages (and query by them)
I have query_posts() with page_type set as 'page'. Is there any way I can make certain pages appear higher and thus, make them sticky?
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Sort query_posts for Parent Pages to menue order or the count?
thanks to a member here i display my Parent Pages in a 2 column grid with title and excerpt. But for some reason i can't figure out how to sort all 5 Pages by the menu order for example or the order ...
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Custom Query num_rows returns wrong amount
So I have a custom query that fetches all posts in a given category. I am trying to get the number of rows returned but it is giving me the wrong number.
Instead of 11, I am getting 14. Does anyone ...
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Wordpress Search Filter Only for Page with Child of Child of Child of Child of Child
after browsing question from this site I found the workaround for this:
function SearchFilter($query) {
if ($query->is_search) {
global $post;
$query->set( 'post_parent', 21 ...
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how to exclude “featured” posts from the main loop?
In a category.php template, I built a function that lists "featured" posts before the main loop. The featured posts are selected using a custom field and get_posts():
function ...
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1answer
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Search breaks when querying main loop for category
In my theme I provide an option for users to set a 'blog category' that queries and displays only posts from that category on index.php using WP_Query:
$shortname = get_option('of_shortname');
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