You’re not adding HTML code to your file, you’re adding invalid PHP. To recap, in PHP everything between <?php and ?> is PHP code. So this is valid PHP: <?php echo ‘hello world’;! ?> This is also valid: <b><?php echo ‘hello world’; ?></b> This is not valid: <?php <b> echo ‘hello world’; </b> ?> Why? … Read more
Before we begin, I must point out the following: You’re using a file in your theme to send AJAX requests to, don’t do this, there are security implications. Instead, use the WP AJAX API, you’ll be able to remove half the code and make it work without having to change the URL everytime your site … Read more
You should not be using query_posts at all, it is just problematic and is prone to failure Note: This function isn’t meant to be used by plugins or themes. As explained later, there are better, more performant options to alter the main query. query_posts() is overly simplistic and problematic way to modify main query of … Read more
Lets start by removing the query_posts() from your code since you already have it’s better brother new WP_Query. Then what you will need is to use the category_name param on your WP_Query. You should always search on the WP_Query page before you ask here, you can find more referencers there. Here is how @speedypancake resolved … Read more
Welcome the the WordPress Stack Exchange and congrats on your first post! First off, you may not want to use query_posts() here. Second off – the_post() needs to be before the_title() as it sets up all the posts functions such as the_title(), the_permalink() etc. and queues the next post in your while loop. Your Loop … Read more
I am sure there’s an easier way to accomplish this, but this how I would’ve done. Query all posts with category X and status X Update query results with status Y. $target_category = ‘news’; $change_status_from = ‘draft’; $change_status_to = ‘publish’; $update_query = new WP_Query(array(‘post_status’=>$change_status_from, ‘category_name’=>$target_category, ‘posts_per_page’=>-1)); if($update_query->have_posts()){ while($update_query->have_posts()){ $update_query->the_post(); wp_update_post(array(‘ID’=>$post->ID, ‘post_status’=>$change_status_to)); } } You can … Read more
The issue is that you are using the function query_posts this only queries the default result on that page. It’s advised that you use wp_query instead, it just eliminates the margin for error or unexpected results. You can create a new query like below, and specify explicitly how many posts to return: <?php $sticky = … Read more
slug is not a valid query paramter, so get_posts() will just return X latest posts! Use name instead. http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Post_.26_Page_Parameters
Try to change: <?php if ( have_posts() ) To <?php if ( $verhuurd_query->have_posts() )
If you’re altering the main query, always use pre_get_posts to alter query parameters before the query is run and before the template is loaded. This will be the most efficient and will not break pagination. As of v4, orderby accepts an array of arguments, which gives you the ability to have different order for each … Read more