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Manually set global $post vars with an ID, in order to use template tags
I have a function retrieving ID's of posts by very specific means.
I need to be able to set the global $post in order to use functions like the_content(), which does not allow an ID as a parameter.
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What is This esc_html_e() i wordpress php?
why do developers use
<?php esc_html_e() >?
in 404 pages, what does it mean, how does it works?
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Show modified time if post is actually modified
I want to display post updated time only if post is modified, I am using function the_modified_time() . So I just read about that there is if statement that can be used to check if post is even ...
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Define Function in functions.php or plugin and call in theme loop
I need to define a function in functions.php or a plugin and be able to call it inside the theme's loop & outside.
Example; I have a $product_price = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'product-price', ...
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Build a content and excerpt grid loop with paging and options for # of posts
What I'd like to do: on index.php, a loop that shows a selectable number of full posts using the_content and then below that shows a selectable number (the number of posts can be hardcoded in the ...
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AJAX handler throws 400 (Bad request) - why?
I am trying to apply a "Load more posts" function to a post loop, but I am dealing with a 400 Bad request, when admin-ajax.php is referred to.
The reference I used is this - https://rudrastyh.com/...
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How to display the_post_thumbnail if a post has one or otherwise display the first image in a post?
I would like to create a condition that checks to see if a post has a thumbail and if it does display it, otherwise display the first image in a post.
I tried something like this in my loop.php but ...
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Displaying post per day
Currently I have the code displayed below.
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12">
<a class="...
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How to Display Post View Count
I am trying to display post view counts.
I've tried below function to display the post view count, but I'm getting same post view for all the post in loop. Not getting correct post view count.
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1
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Adding WooCommerce to a Custom Theme - not working [closed]
I have a custom Wordpress theme I'm doing for a client and I need to make it woo-commerce compatible.
I've followed the steps on the woocommerce docs which are:
1) create a woocommerce.php file
2)...
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A snippet after every image
folks.
I need to put a piece of code after every post image (post attached image).
it's something like this:
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3079" src="imgurl.jpg" alt="02" width="2592" ...
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1
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Function to show only first instance of shortcode
I need to add a function to my theme to remove additional instances of a shortcode in a post.
First off I wonder if i'm approaching this wrong, but I have a theme that is drastically reformats the ...
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1
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How do you output custom code between posts in the loop?
I am trying to put a header before past posts and after future posts.
I'm using get_posts() in a function to output the posts using a foreach loop for a custom post type ordered by date (meta key). If ...
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Automatically insert php function into post $the_content
I am trying to have 2 php functions automatically inserted in every post for my CPT. The problem I am having is that even though I've found a way to add text, Im not sure how to add the php functions ...
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Creating loop within functions.php
I'm using Woocommerce on my website, on the checkout page I've got a custom select checkout field with radio buttons. I'm using this working snippet within my functions.php:
/**
* Add the field to ...
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0
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Display WooCommerce subscriptions for user [closed]
I'm trying to display a user's Subscriptions within their WooCommerce dashboard. I am able to do this, but I also want to add some additional fields related to the Subscription (title, next renewal ...
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How to use max and min values of custom fields
How to use max and min values of custom fields (created via ACF, repeater type)?
For axample, I've custom post type 'auto' and there are a lot of models. Each post(model) has few values of price (...
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1
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Custom Shortcode, functions PHP WP_Query loop
I have the following code in my functions.php file:-
function featured_properties_func( $atts ) {
$args = array(
'posts_per_page'=> -1,
'post_type' => 'properties',
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2
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Most elegant way to enqueue scripts in function.php with foreach loop
I wonder is there a way of running wp_register_script and enqueue with the help of foreach loop to manage label and dir?
For example,
function wbs_app_components(){
$scripts_list=array(
...
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2
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Filtering posts by category name based on page's slug
I've created a page template and the goal is to create a loop that gets all posts by category name. The category name is passed from the slug of the page name. I haven't been able to get this to work ...
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How would I create a shortcode to display a custom post within a page or regular post?
I would like to create a shortcode that will extract information for a custom post, and display it within a Page or regular Post.
Specific use case: I have a custom post type "Film" for a film ...
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2 Loops, Only Displaying 1 Loop in Both Loops
I have 2 loops, movie trailers and gaming trailers but gaming trailers is displaying under both Movie Trailers and Gaming Trailer. Each loop displays the post tagged with either Movie Trailer or ...
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2
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How to speed up a wordpress function with multiple loops?
I am a PHP novice and wrote this function. It is an alphabetical navigation which shows only the letter that have posts in both that letter and the currently filtered "genero" taxonomy term.
I use ...
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1
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1
answer
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Custom excerpt function re-factoring
This may be more of a php best practices question, but here goes...
I am using a custom excerpt trim function:
function new_wp_trim_excerpt($text) { // Fakes an excerpt if needed
global $post;
...
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1
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1
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How to get current post category details inside "loop"?
I have a rather simple problem I can't solve. I have custom styling for my cards and one of the elements of the cards is the category, when I access the_category() from the Loop it comes with its own ...
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Multiple Loops Inside a Function
What I understand from the CODEX, (https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Multiple_Loops).
then I'm trying to do a list of posts like this:
<nav id="cbp-hrmenu" class="cbp-hrmenu ...
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Best way to style first post differently?
I am building a custom (child) theme and I want to style the first post of my loop in a different way than the others (bigger image, different position of some stuff).
Which is the best way of doing ...
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Help with Wordpress Query
I'm sort of a noob when it comes to Wordpess; I've only recently started building themes and I've run into a wall. I'm trying to feature 3 different articles at the top of my site using wpquery and ...
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How do I pull excerpts from pages?
So I enabled custom excerpts on my pages with this function.
add_action('init', 'page_excerpts');
function page_excerpts() {
add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );
}
However, When I enter ...
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Get first URL from post content
Basically all I want to do is if the post format is "link" rather than link to the post from the blog index, link to the link pasted within the post content.
In my index.php I have:
<h3>
<...
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2
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Problem with calling custom function in a foreach loop
I have a custom function in functions.php that excludes specific category from the category list:
function incomplete_cat_list() {
$first_time = 1;
foreach((get_the_category()) as $...
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1
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Converting a dynamic piece of code using WordPress Loop into a static one using Post ID
<?php
if (is_single()) { ?>
<?php $imvi = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 't_puck_imvi', true); ?>
<div class="class1" <?php if( 'none' === $imvi) { ?> style="display:none;" <?...
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Having a Function Inside of the Loop
I am trying to make a frontend product editor for WooCommerce, and have a loop that returns all of the products for the current user. I am trying to use gravity forms as the editor, so a single ...
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Show css depending on activity type in BuddyPress activity-loop [closed]
I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to show specific styles to the activity loop depending on the activity type?
This is what I had an idea of:
function mycustom_act_type() {
if ('...
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Getting different functions data while using while loop in wordpress
I have added this code in the function.php file but when I use while loop in any other files this function is getting triggered.
<?php
add_action('loop_start', 'userlogin');
function userlogin()
{
...
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1
answer
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Exclude category from
I am trying to exclude a category from <?php the_category(', ') ?> inside my loop. I came across the following code on CSS tricks that says would solve the problem. You add this to the functions:...
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Create a new query in function.php to filter blog posts
My goal is to filter blog posts (those which are requested in the blog page - Reading settings) depending on an expiration date, and then to change their category depending on a choosen future ...
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get author_name from queried post
All I'm trying to do is, get the author name of the current post and set it's name as a tag. I tried changing author_id to author_name but didn't really get anything back.
wp_set_post_tags should ...
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Blog posts repeat
Good Afternoon!
I have having an issue on a site I am working on where in that the blog posts "repeat" and by that I mean they are being displayed twice. Ideally I would like the page to work as ...
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Limit length of first excerpt in the loop
Searched everywhere but have not seem this come up. I'm looking to set the length of the excerpts in the loop in functions.php but I need the first post only to have double the characters as the rest. ...
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how to refresh div on template part?
i'm keep learning about wordpress development and i've developed this template-part and loop and i need that entire div#dreams-gallery refresh after a period of time, let's say 10 seconds.
Here's my ...
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Shortcode not working with post counter
I am trying to make this a Wordpress shortcode, i mean the below code, but it doesn't seem to work , I included this in my function.php file, but it gave back multiple query result, as seen in the ...
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0
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Can't find infinite loop cause
I am working on the below function which will eventually create a set of posts based on meta data entered into a "parent" post. I'm running into an infinite loop when hitting the save button, which I ...
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Checking array against author id in loop
So I have a function in Wordpress with a plugin that returns a list of friends as an array. The function code is here:
function friends_get_list($tmp_uid, $friend_status=1) {
global $wpdb;
$...
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Default Custom Field Value Automatically Update
I have created a hidden custom field with a php function as its value. Like so --
$value_rating = get_post_meta($Property_Id, 'vr', true);
<input type="hidden" name="vr" class="form-control ...
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Multiple Loops Meta Data
I am now trying to figure out how to create the functions/ loops to pull my data from custom post types.
I have two post types(keys): And I need to pull the data from both to run my functions.
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Why doesn't is_page(id) work in functions.php?
When is code in functions.php executed? Is it during the loop? The following does not work when placed in functions.php (not within a function) :
if (is_page( 27 )) {
echo 'this is the apply page';
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0
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2
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The Loop not looping?
After much troubleshooting and searching, I think I finally understand how to get The Loop going. Except I can't seem to get it to actually loop!
I have created a Child theme, and added a functions....
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Change all author links in Blog roll
I want all the author links on my blog page to go to a specific url ("/about") instead of the individual author pages.
I know this can be done easily with JavaScript, but is there way to do it in ...
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Custom Pagination is Broken
Good Afternoon!
I am working on adding pagination to a website and currently it is working fine but for some reason the function loads an extra page. We have 7 posts, and I set it to display 4 posts ...
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