Use Sticky Posts. In the Post editor find the “Publish” section. Next to “Visibility” click on edit and then check the “Stick this post to the front page” option there. Click save and you’re done. In the loop, you can check if a post is_sticky(). To loop them, you can use the post__in or post_not__in … Read more
Since you’re not displaying a different amount of posts on the front page and on the paged pages for your main query, you don’t really need to mess around with the offset. All you need is to exclude the three posts you’ve already shown from your query, which you can do with the pre_get_posts action: … Read more
This is my proposal, combine get_ancestors and a custom $wpdb query, to retrieve featured images. An example custom function: function inherited_featured_image( $page = NULL ) { if ( is_numeric( $page ) ) { $page = get_post( $page ); } elseif( is_null( $page ) ) { $page = isset( $GLOBALS[‘post’] ) ? $GLOBALS[‘post’] : NULL; } … Read more
Playing with XML-RPC and underscored custom fields: Let’s say we want to set the featured image to a given post with $remote_post_id. We want it to be the attachment with ID equal to 300, so we want _thumbnail_id to be 300. Here are three methods how one could achieve that: Method #1 – Using post_thumbnail … Read more
I think you want to use the added_post_meta hook instead of updated_post_meta because you’re not updating the meta here, only adding it. At least in the case of the _thumbnail_id, where we must delete it before adding it again (no update) through the admin UI. Investigating this further we see that this part of the … Read more
I made a shortcut to my image by adding it directly to the API response. //Add in functions.php, this hook is for my ‘regions’ post type add_action( ‘rest_api_init’, ‘create_api_posts_meta_field’ ); function create_api_posts_meta_field() { register_rest_field( ‘regions’, ‘group’, array( ‘get_callback’ => ‘get_post_meta_for_api’, ‘schema’ => null, ) ); } //Use the post ID to query the image and … Read more
It sounds like the simplest and most flexible approach is to find a plugin that creates a widget for you that you can configure to display any post of your choosing in whatever fashion you prefer. Then you put that widget in the sidebar that appears on all of your pages. I would not develop … Read more
Check the time parameter on WP_Query Class. There is a example on how to show posts form last 30 days. You can do it for last couple of hours, minutes or even seconds! Code is tested and working. $args = array( ‘posts_per_page’ => 1, // We are showing only one post ‘category_name’ => ‘prime’ // … Read more
The featured content is part of the TwentyFourteen theme, and is not implemented as a plugin, but rather as an Appearance > Customize setting (via get_theme_mod()), which allows the use of a Grid or Slider layout, choosing posts base on the tag provided. BTW, I figured this out only after reading your post! So thanks … Read more
I think you can use the WPQuery $the_query = new WP_Query( array( ‘post__in’ => get_option( ‘sticky_posts’ )) ); ?> <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?> <!– pagination here –> <!– the loop –> <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?> <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2> <?php endwhile; ?> <!– end of the loop –> <!– … Read more