Running 3.5.1. Is there an easy way to display my most recent post in its entirety and only display excerpts for my older posts on my home page?
This is the basic idea behind what you want. Extend/Customize to your liking.
if ( have_posts() ) :
while ( have_posts() ) :
the_post();
the_title();
// Incrementing a not instantiated variable results in 1
// so there's no need to set it to 0 beforehand
if ( 0 < $is_first_post++ ) the_excerpt();
else the_content();
endwhile;
endif;
Or if you want to ommit the compare and the increment operations:
if ( have_posts() ) :
the_post();
the_title();
the_content();
while ( have_posts() ) :
the_post();
the_title();
the_excerpt();
endwhile;
endif;
// EDIT to get the one-and-only most recent post in full only:
if (have_posts()) {
if (2 > get_query_var('paged')) {
the_post();
the_title();
the_content();
}
while (have_posts()) {
the_post();
the_title();
the_excerpt();
}
}
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+1 for example, but won't your second example show both
the_content()andthe_excerpt()of the first post? – David Gard Mar 15 '13 at 13:06 -
No, it does not. Within the loop I first fetch the next post and then print the title and excerpt. – tfrommen Mar 15 '13 at 13:09
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1Hm? Why is that? Whatever you put inside the
whileloop should get called (and thus be displayed). If you still have the problem, and with removing the above code everything is working fine, maybe post a new question, so you can provide us with your code. I'm positive we find a solution for your problem. – tfrommen Mar 28 '13 at 16:06 -
1Hey @Jane, please see my updated answer. I didn't understand 'most recent' globally, meaning the 'one-and-only most recent post'. ;) – tfrommen Apr 12 '13 at 13:35
