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What are all the Properties of the WordPress Post Object?
(Moderator's note: Title was originally "What are all the variables in the wordpress post object?")
Does anyone know the variables that are stored in the WordPress Post object?
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Wordpress variables and memory
When checking get_defined_vars() on an empty template file my theme loads over 70000 lines of output. Before even including elements on a page all of this is loaded.
Is this correct?
Is there any ...
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How to Pass External Variables to Filters/Actions
I find myself needing to pass custom data to a filter provided by a 3rd party plugin. All of the ways I've seen to do this are really complicated and hard to wrap my head around.
Take this example:
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Where to get information about array fields in $_REQUEST?
I just started to learn PHP and doing things with WordPress and I am a bit confused about information in Codex. Was told that Codex got all info I required but I got stuck with it.
What array fields ...
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Variables declared in header not available in other includes
I have a var set in my header.php file:
$myBool = false;
and in page.php, I try to echo it:
echo $myBool;
But the variable is never set.
This doesn't help either:
global $myBool;
echo $myBool;
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Why does Wordpress Pagination Remove the Spaces from my GET Variable?
I'm passing a GET variable at the end of my URL's as my search parameter. When I do a regular search, everything works fine:
www.mysite.com/?find=my+search
However, when I click over to the second ...
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where to include a php file
I have a php file with some variables which I would like to use.
When I include it in the header.php the variables in that file are not recognized at footer.php and some other places.
Where is the ...
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Using $_GET variables in the URL?
I need to generate a simple error message on a page by passing a variable through the URL.
The URL is structured as follows:
http://site.com/parent-category/category/?error=pause
I'm sure it's the ...
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How do I make my function add variables/values to the $post object?
How do I add $tzDesc and $tzEmbed (and other variables) to the $post object in the following function so that I can display the values in my theme files by inserting <?php echo $tzDesc; ?>?
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How to pass data around?
I have different menu items. When the user clicks on a menu item, I want them to go to a particular destination. Each menu's destination has a different background color.
I'm thinking that I can pass ...
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How Can I Access a PHP Variable in Another PHP Function
I'd like to use the $atts variable from the lax_google_map_maker() function in lax_google_map_init(). How do I access it? I tried to 'globalize' it, but for some reason it didn't work.
function ...
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dynamic external javascript generated using php
How to write an external javascript file with dynamic variable values generated using php from wp db values?
So instead of using wp_localize_script for inline js variables, I'd like to use ...
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Moving variables from one page to another
How can I link to another WordPress page but move variables to it as well (preferably not through the address bar)?
For instance, I have on one page a list of shops in which a user should be able to ...
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Take Variables Set in Functions.php and Echo Them Inside My Custom Post Template
I have the following function set up in my functions.php file to allow my custom post type "Slideshow" to work.
add_action( 'the_post', 'paginate_slide' );
function paginate_slide( $post ) {
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How to tell if $query_var isset?
I tired to use isset($queryvar) but that didnt work, so I implemented my own function qv_isset, but it runs into a problem when $ch is set to 0.
$cls = get_query_var('cls');
$ch = ...
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How do you Query posts with nothing in common?
We can get multiple posts manually in a page, but that's generated in a template, AFTER the default query returned something else (page/post, etc)
How do you query multiple posts in a public query, ...
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How to var_dump nav menu items from anywhere?
I wanna preview all the fields that the nav menu $item array holds. Is there a function to fetch it from anywhere and place it inside var_dump?
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How to declare a JS variable in an AJAX call
I'm using:
wp_localize_script( $handle, $namespace, $variables ); to declare some variables before the initial AJAX call is made, but I imagine I can't do the same thing again within a callback ...
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How do I pass an argument to my custom walker?
I've set up a custom walker, and it works as desired when I hard code my variable.
What I want is to be able to call my walker and pass it a variable that is used in the walker.
For example:
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Why does a variable work on the front page but return NULL on all other pages?
Hey all. For my theme, I have multiple sidebars. Each sidebar file has a variable of $sidebar_id assigned to it. So, for sidebar-1.php, $sidebar_id = 1, for sidebar-2.php, $sidebar_id = 2, and so on. ...
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WP_Query Variable inside Array
The array below with "'taxonomy' => 'age'" isn't working, if I copy and paste the array "array( '19', '20' )" in place of the variable it works fine. I just started picking up PHP so go easy on me :)
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Retrieve the template directory URI via global or get_template_directory_uri() every time?
One Wordpress function I happen to use frequently is get_template_directory_uri(). While I tried to minimize or avoid its use where I can, I still happen to have more than one call to this function in ...
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How can I Add a variable PHP in the Menu Nav
I want to add a variable in the Menu, for passing a value in all my page.
The purpose is to retrieve a value for transport to another web site (from my website links) to the tracking, this value ...
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Use <?php echo $_GET['ref']; ?> to track referrals
I am setting up my wp site and i have it setup like this www.mydomain.com/?ref=AFFILIATEID
thats alright if they land on the page they are directed to but if they go off page onto another one, how do ...
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Use post object from first query in second query
I have a post ID stored in a variable from my first query and I'd like to use that to highlight the post with the same ID in my second query, but it's not working.
First loop:
<?php if ...
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Echoing a variable inside a function
In the interest of automation, instead of making a long list of code like this
<td valign="top"width="50%"><p><label for="Facebook"><strong>Facebook ...
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Can you keep session data for visitors?
I read that you can use session_start() in config.php, but that it is not recommended.
I have a form where a user fills out their name and submits. On confirmation of the submission they land on a ...
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Append varible to url or set session
I just wrote a little plugin that detects if the user is on a mobile browser and if so detects them away from the WordPress site to a mobile (simple) version of part of the site.
As I got to ...
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How do I pass variables into short-code enabled Post Snippets in Wordpress 3.0?
I am using a plugin called Post Snippets.
According to the documentation, it can substitute variables, such as {url} within the snippets.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-snippets/
I am ...
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Escaping date string in url with wordpress
I am creating a Wordpress page that searches through posts based on a date variable that is set through a _GET variable. I want to make sure that I am doing this in the best way possible and that I ...
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How to pass on Google Adwords gclid variable to other pages
i need to track if people filled out any of my forms on my wordpress blog if they where coming from a Google Adwords ad. There are many forms on my website like for booking a demo presentation, ...
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Track usernames with piwik
I'm wondering if there is a way to send current logged username to Piwik and display it beside the ip address in the stats.
I need to see which users viewed a specific page and which users downloaded ...
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Using $themename Variables
Is it a bad idea to set your themename and shortname as variables to be used in the various functions of a theme?
Example:
$themename = mytheme;
$shortname = mth;
/**
* Get our wp_nav_menu() ...
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Dynamic variable for custom taxonomy in loop?
I have a custom page template that loops through all custom posts with the post_type of "product_listing" AND the custom taxonomy "product_cat" of "shirts" and returns 4 posts per page (as seen ...
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How to make variables in URL look like the permalink structure?
I've been looking for the answer to this everywhere but with no success and that's why I'm asking here.
I don't even know if the question is the right one.
In any case, I'll try to explain.
I have ...
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When would you use $_post instead of $post?
I've seen some examples that use $_post instead of $post. What's the difference and when would you use $_post instead of $post?
Example:
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
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How to set global variable in functions.php
I want to be able to echo the URL of the featured image of a post and after looking some on the web I found the following which works fine when I put it in a loop in my front page template.
<?php ...
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What is the $current_screen global variable?
What does it mean by a screen? I've had a look in the codex and don't understand (I'm a newbie). Thanks.
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Custom page with variables in url. Nice url with add_rewrite_rule
Using WP3.1
I Have a custom page with a WP_Query and the query gets dynamic variables from the url. And i want safe variables and clean urls.
Example:
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Custom Post not working as expected
NEW EDIT I solved it, as written in answer, the problem where that variables are 'forgotten' (not so techy I know, sorry for this) when
function starts.
EDIT: I found the problem is this: ...
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Trying to get variables in hacked category dropdown
I've discovered a workaround to get wp_category_dropdown to display as a multiple select field. My code is as follows:
<?php
$sponsors = wp_dropdown_categories( array(
'child_of' => 0,
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Can't get options with $data['variable']
Can't get options with $data['variable'].
(I'm use SMOF - Slightly Modded Options Framework)
For example in the header.php (index.php, footer.php, etc.):
global $data;
$logo_type = stripslashes( ...
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Apply class to every third list item? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to mark every 3rd post
I'm trying to give a class to every third list item on my page. I know how to give a class to every item, but not to specific items in a row, ...
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Passing a variable from a FOREACH loop in a link
How would you pass a variable from a foreach loop, through a link? I have tabs that display correctly. The jQuery works. But when I call the variable $category down where the content sorts, $category ...
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How to get CGI variables?
I need to do two things:
Add a CGI variable (say filter=21) to the current query and make a link to this modified URL.
Fetch the value of CGI variable "filter".
How to do that in WordPress?
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persist a variable set in header.php all the way down to footer.php
I look up a custom post field value in header.php, and store it in a global variable.
In most of my template files, the includes go like this:
include header
...do a bunch of stuff
include ...
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What does the Global Variable $s represent?
What does the $GLOBALS['s'] variable contain? It looks like an empty array, but what would it normally hold?
I've encountered it in a tutorial: The WordPress Theme: Single Post, Post Attachment, ...
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problem loading stylesheets to wp_head dynamically
I'm trying to create a wrapper shortcut function to register and load stylesheets in the header. currently, the function loads this css file src:
http://my.test/wp-content/theme/css/.css
I, ...
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Getting values from options page to css
i got an options page that needs to affects a certain (for now) css value..
i have about using php variables in css and creating custom global variables in wordpress but havent something easy enough ...
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Passing variables to new page
I'm trying to pass the variables to a new page, I made a function in my theme to get the results. Now when I use yelplist(); on the front page of my theme it gets the results and when i click on the ...
