I am looking for a way to output all page IDs from the following menu:
<?php wp_list_pages('depth=1&exclude='3,5,11')); ?>
Only top level pages needed, therefore the 'depth=1'.
Any help appreciated.
wp_list_pages() is for formatted markup. Use get_pages() and wp_list_pluck():
$pages = get_pages(
array (
'parent' => 0, // replaces 'depth' => 1,
'exclude' => '3,5,11'
)
);
$ids = wp_list_pluck( $pages, 'ID' );
$ids holds an array of page IDs now.
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+1 for showing me the
wp_list_pluck()function. Nice. Never knew about that one before. – GhostToast May 30 '13 at 21:16 -
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When I run this code, I get child pages as well as top level ones. I've checked a couple of times to confirm.
get_pagesis returning all pages, not just the top level pages-- thepost_parent === 0ones. – s_ha_dum May 30 '13 at 21:34
You can do this with WP_Query:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'page',
'post_parent' => 0,
'fields' => 'ids',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post__not_in' => array('3','5','11'),
);
$qry = new WP_Query($args);
var_dump($qry->posts);
As you can see from the var_dump, $qry->posts is an array of IDs
