You can use get_post for that Example: <?php $post = get_post($id); //assuming $id has been initialized setup_postdata($post); // display the post here the_title(); the_excerpt(); the_post_thumbnail(); wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
Yes it should work in the header file just like normal. Try using a standard IF statement instead of shorthand: if( is_front_page() ){ echo ‘Front page!’; } You must have it configured in the settings to use: A static page (select below) instead of Your latest posts If you want is_front_page() to only return TRUE … Read more
From @Ray Mitchel’s answer the tutorial shows you how to set a specific page in your blog to be the front page. Assuming you’re using the TwentyEleven theme, you need to learn about page templates. The WordPress site has an article: http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates. So you can create a page template by starting by copying the home.php … Read more
Home/front page won’t display content after a form is submitted
Maybe that is unrelated to your theme. WordPress has an option to set a static page as front page. To find that page go to Settings/Reading and see if such a page was set: In this example the page name is Sample Page. If there is no static page set, you have to look through … Read more
The function wp_reset_query() should help http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_reset_query
Pagination w/Static Front Page
The concept of non-blog content
WordPress site front page fails to load in IE
Is it really necessary to echo so much. If you make proper use of opening and closing php tags you can eliminate using echo. And why are you echoing get_the_title() when there is a build in feature for that. the_title() does exactly the same. You can use WP_Query to create a special loop to get … Read more