You could modify the main query on your static front page to switch to different pages depending on the logged in user by doing something like this: add_action(‘pre_get_posts’, function($query) { // if not admin, and if it is the main query, and the page id matches the page id set to be static front page… … Read more
I believe that if all your products have the custom meta field show_on_front_page with some containing ‘1’ and some containing ‘0’ or some such, AND your regular posts do not have that field, then something like below should work: //… $query->set(‘post_type’, array(‘post’, ‘product’)); //add this $meta_key = ‘show_on_front_page’; $query->set(‘meta_query’, array( ‘relation’ => ‘OR’, array( ‘key’ … Read more
I am not sure why you need pages over posts here. Using posts gives you ready made index home page, slugs and pretty permalinks give you link structure you want. You can just add some blurb on home page that says “bookmark this puzzle” with direct permalink.
To use a static Front Page, you need to do the following: Create two static Pages, one for your front page content, and one for your blog posts index; their names are entirely arbitrary, but for our purposes, let’s call them “Front Page” and “Blog” Go to Dashboard -> Settings -> Reading Set “Front Page … Read more
First, you need to use the front-page.php template file. In WordPress parlance, Home refers to the Blog Posts Index, whether on the site front page or another static Page, and Front Page refers to the Site Front Page. Second, you have several options for exposing a UI to manage your front-page quotes (in order of … Read more
You can use WP_Query in your template to select groups of posts by type, category, tag, custom taxonomy, meta field, etc., and create additional loops: <?php $news = new WP_Query(“post_type=mynews&posts_per_page=1”); while($news->have_posts()) : $news->the_post(); the_title(); endwhile; $events = new WP_Query(“cat=2&posts_per_page=3”); while($events->have_posts()) : $events->the_post(); the_title(); endwhile; // etc.. It’s up to you how to best organize your … Read more
Ok, if you take a look at implementation of is_front_page, you will see the following: /** * Is the query for the front page of the site? * * This is for what is displayed at your site’s main URL. * * Depends on the site’s “Front page displays” Reading Settings ‘show_on_front’ and ‘page_on_front’. * … Read more
Note that when in context of WordPress “static” front page does not meant static literally. Usually it means page with certain content that stays same, as opposed to index/archive pages primarily filled with multiple posts that move with time. So whatever dynamic functionality can be added to appropriate template being used for “static” front page … Read more
loop-page.php is the wrong context for what you are trying to do. If you want it to appear on the home page, then you need to edit loop.php, so in your child theme you can either create a file called, loop.php …which should take precedence over the loop.php found in the parent TwentyTen theme or … Read more
You need to find the most recent date with posts and use that to construct the $current_ fields. $last_date = $wpdb->get_var(“SELECT DATE(MAX(post_date)) FROM {$wpdb->posts} LIMIT 1”); if (!empty($last_date)) { list($current_year,$current_month,$current_day) = explode(‘-‘,$last_date); query_posts( “cat=5&year=$current_year&monthnum=$current_month&day=$current_day&order=ASC” ); }