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Displaying posts on Homepage

Try the following using WP_Query: <div class=”news-column”> <h3>Latest News</h3> <ul> <?php //get news $args->posts_per_page = 5; //query $query = new WP_Query($args); while($query->have_posts()):$query->the_post(); ?> <li class=”news-item”> <h4><?php the_title(); ?></h4> <p><?php the_date(‘F jS, Y’); ?></p> <?php the_excerpt(); ?> <p class=”footnotes”><a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/69725/<?php the_permalink(); ?>”>Continue reading</a></p> </li> <?php endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); ?> </ul> </div> You can read more about other … Read more

Show last post from multiple categories using wp_list_categories

Get all children categories using get_terms(). Loop through each term and run a new query using tax_query. Example: <?php if ( get_queried_object()->parent == 0 ) : // parent cat ?> <h2>Showing all children</h2> <?php $args = array( ‘hide_empty’ => false, ‘parent’ => get_queried_object()->term_id ); $terms = get_terms( ‘category’, $args ); if ( $terms ) echo … Read more

how to display all images from their siblings/ from same parent?

Nice to see Liverpool at the top there! I’d go about this using a page template. Given that as far as I’m aware we only know the page names I’ll add it in that way. The process is this: Loop through top level pages Collect child pages as array Loop through child pages Loop through … Read more

get_post_custom_values not working

It most probably means that no custom post values have been retrieved for the key Description that you used. According to the Codex, Returns nothing if no such key exists, or none is entered. Try adding print_r($key_values); on the line just after get_post_custom_values(“Description”); and check if any value is retrieved. To skip this warning(when you … Read more

Query specific number of posts for each post type in specific order

You can use WP_Query() with paged array key to pass the current page number: <?php $paged = (get_query_var(‘paged’)) ? get_query_var(‘paged’) : 1; $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘articles’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 4, ‘paged’ => $paged ); $articles = new WP_Query($args); //////////////////////////////// $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘news’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 1, ‘meta_query’ => array( array( ‘key’ => … Read more

Show posts in a list separated by day

Add a variable to hold the previous post’s date, and then add a <br /> or something when it changes. <?php $prev_date=””; // initialize to empty string query_posts($query_string.’&cat=-3′); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <?php if( strlen( $prev_date ) > 0 && get_the_time( ‘M j’ ) != $prev_date ): ?> <br /> <!– or whatever you … Read more

get_pages not returning any results or error when get_posts works

Bulk Attach Or Insert Media To Post Without Opening Post Editor

Your question is too broad. Break the question down into more specific questions. Then research those questions and bring the unanswered questions to us. For example, you might break this down into these specific questions. How do I: Add a menu item to the Dashboard? Create an admin options page form? Submit a custom admin … Read more

WordPress ultra slow if I click on posts?

Unfortunately problems like these can be caused by any number of things (theme code, a plugin, or even data). I’ve always had good luck narrowing down issues using the Debug Bar plugin. (You can then disable this plugin once you’re finished testing). I’ve never used the P3 Profiler plugin, but it seems to have good … Read more

shortcode for recent custom type post

This seems to work with custom post type : function get_custom_posts( $params ) { extract( shortcode_atts( array ( ‘number’ => ‘1’, ‘excerpt’ => 290, ‘readmore’ => ‘no’, ‘cpt’ => ‘post’, ‘readmoretext’ => ‘Read more’ ), $params ) ); //$latest_posts = get_posts( ‘category=0&numberposts=” . $number . “&suppress_filters=false’); OLD $latest_posts = query_posts( ‘post_type=”.$cpt.”&posts_per_page=” . $number ); wp_reset_query(); … Read more

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