Unanswered Questions
3,481 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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static variable loop not working in Wordpress
I have a function in my wordpress theme that deletes the first embedded video in a video post. See code below. This is in the functions.php file.
/* - function that hides first video in post content -...
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Customize WordPress Media Manager - Media Window
Im trying to customize the wordpress media manager "add media" window to get it as simple as possible to use. So i want to disable/ hide the following fields/ functions because i dont need some or ...
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Order wp_query by calculated field
Hi I'm working on a store locator.
I have a custom post "clinics" where I save clinic details (address,.., lat, lng). Each time I publish a new clinic I save post_id, lat and lng also in a custom ...
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wp_query->max_num_pages always returns 0 on custom post type
Hi there I am developing a theme where I have to load some posts with ajax, in my index page everything works properly, the problem is when I need to use it on custom post type, I pass the values for ...
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Extending WP_Query — Optimise SQL query
I'm storing posts, a user follows in a custom table that has the columns id, post_id and user_id. To fetch posts that a user follows I have extended the WP_Query as follows:
class ...
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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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WP_Query min and max values
I'm building a houses class and I want to filter these houses with a query. But don't get any results:
Example house:
Min price: 10
Max price (field not required): empty
I've a price filter ...
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What is the Difference between directly call a function and call a function using add_action?
What is the difference between following two codes? (Directly call a function and call a function using add_action)
function pp_submit__link_form(){
if(isset( $_POST['action']) && $...
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Order posts by meta_value even if meta_key is not filled
I want to sort search results by the value of custom field ('name-official') for all posts (is this field filled or not).
But when I add filter in function.php like
function searchExcludePages($query)...
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my function doesn't return my post from today
I'm using gravity form to create some custom post type - as events.
Everything is working great, There is some date field to setup the event from x to y date. ALl of this working great.
However, I ...
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How do I order pages and categories by ID or name in the same query?
I would like to query most of my pages and categories on the homepage. So far I am able to get the pages and category (posts), but I cannot order the list the way I want to. I want to be able to get a ...
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Get page content by category or tag
I'm trying to sort of emulate the Views behaviour in Drupal with WordPress, but doing it in theme templates.
Now, I have pages that are assembled by using wp_query in the template to get posts ...
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How to sort posts by last name (2nd word) on ONE category only?
I have an "author" category that is used as a list to browse multiple posts containing author biographies. I have Smart Category Ordering installed and right now it is sorted by title ascending. ...
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Is it possible to automatically set the publication time to 8am on new posts?
This might be kind of funky to pull off, but does anyone have any ideas on how I could automatically set the time to 8am on any newly created post drafts? In both the Classic Editor and the Block ...
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Changing a function in function.php to a shortcode - for listing categories of only a certain post type
I'm trying to create a shortcode that can display a list of categories. However, it should:
First, limit the results to a specific post type (based on shortcode usage)
then check to see if category ...