With get_post_thumbnail() you have the ability to insert a featured image in your theme. the_post_thumbnail( $size, $attr ); holds to parameter 1. The size of your image and the ID. If you would like to have 2 image sizes of featured images on your home page you could do it like this: if(is_front_page(){ // only … Read more
To be able to use the comments template in your loops, add global $withcomments; $withcomments = true;
I think you can set your post to private to view it privately on the homepage. Once you change the visibility to private, the post or page status changes to “Privately Published” as shown. Private posts are automatically published but not visible to anyone but those with the appropriate permission levels (Editor or Administrator). See … Read more
Hi @Alkaline: I think you are looking for this: // $page is a post where post_type==’page’ if (get_option(‘show_on_front’)==’page’) { $page_id = get_option(‘page_for_posts’); $page = get_post($page_id); } else { $page = false; }
There are many solutions to this problem. And every one of them is correct, I guess. It depends on what you really want and what will be most friendly/clear to user/administrator of this page. I usually use 3 ways to solve this. Which one of them I chose? It depends on situation. Sometimes I use … Read more
The posts_request filter Skimming through the WP_Query we find this part of interest: if ( !$q[‘suppress_filters’] ) { /** * Filter the completed SQL query before sending. * * @since 2.0.0 * * @param array $request The complete SQL query. * @param WP_Query &$this The WP_Query instance (passed by reference). */ $this->request = apply_filters_ref_array( ‘posts_request’, … Read more
WordPress body_class($class) is a nice dynamic way to load styles, js for specific body contents. If your theme doesn’t support body class add them very simply: Open the header.php (or the template that contains the <body> tag) Edit the <body> tag and make it to <body <?php body_class(); ?>> — you are Done! 🙂 Now … Read more
First, if you want to target the site Front Page, you need to use is_front_page(). The is_home() conditional returns true when the blog posts index is displayed, which may or may not be on the site Front Page. Second, you need to hook your function into an appropriate hook, which it appears in this case … Read more
I solved it using the offset query parameter. This allowed me to edit the query in the pre_get_posts hook, and seems to be the cleanest way to do this, without a new query. Now the home page shows only one post, and page/2/ shows posts 2-11. All links keep working, no other modification is required. … Read more
$pageID = get_option(‘page_on_front’); should get you the Page ID of the page set at ‘Front Page’ in WordPress options.