the_title gives me the page's title not the post title in the following code

Question

<?php
if(have_posts()){
    while(have_posts()){
        the_post();
        echo get_the_title();
    }
}
?>

this is my loop, really simple, im calling this within a custom page template i made called services, i expect the posts titles to pop up, but instead im just getting services.

Answer 1

You are using the default page loop and it will output the current page attributes like title or other. You should create your own loop with custon query instead. See WP_Query or get_posts.

Example

$query = new WP_Query(array(
   'post_type' => 'post',
   'posta_status' => 'publish',
));

if($query->have_posts()){
    while($query->have_posts()){
        $query->the_post();
        echo get_the_title();
    }
    wp_reset_postdata();
}