The double colon in this case is part of the alternative syntax for control structures. That’s not the ternary operator. You could also write instead: if ( have_posts() ) { while( have_posts() ) { the_post(); the_content(); } } I prefer the second style, most code editors enable automatic folding with it, so I can close … Read more
You need to modify your WP_Query loop. Add a tax_query argument to filter the category you want. $portfolioloop = new WP_Query(array( ‘paged’ => get_query_var(‘paged’), ‘post_type’ => ‘news’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 4, ‘tax_query’ => array( // Note: tax_query expects an array of arrays! array( ‘taxonomy’ => ‘portfolio’, // my guess ‘field’ => ‘id’, ‘terms’ => 51, ), … Read more
They key is here: <li <?php post_class(); ?> id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”> You can add a parameter to the post_class call, e.g.: $counter = 0; $custom_query = new WP_Query(‘cat=2687&posts_per_page=3’); //Top of the page – Top Photo Category while($custom_query->have_posts()) : $custom_query->the_post(); $counter++; $column = $counter %3; // 3 columns, use module to get the remainder $class = … Read more
Is it possible to load in the last page of posts first? Order DESC instead of ASC and make use of the posts_clauses filter. function wpse_59557_order_desc( $pieces ) { // Add conditionals here and abort in cases, where we don’t want this, for e.g.: // if ( ! is_home() OR ! is_front_page() ) return; // … Read more
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/60224/<?php the_permalink(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a> <?php the_excerpt() ?> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <p>Nothing to see here.</p> <?php endif; ?> This is the right syntax to show title and the excerpt on home page.
the_tags() only work within the loop; possibly try to use wp_get_post_tags() where you can pass the post ID
Since wp_reset_query() and wp_reset_post() didn’t appear to do anything in this situation, here’s something that seems to work. I’m not entirely sure if this is the accepted approach, but I got it working by temporarily storing the $post value before the WP_Query, then setting it back to the $post variable after the query was complete. … Read more
Something like this should be the query you want to run, it adds a condition to the page query that requires the value in “meta_field” to equal the current category’s title. global $wp_query; $args = array(‘meta_query’ => array( array( ‘key’ => ‘meta_field’, ‘value’ => single_cat_title(“”, false), ‘compare’ => ‘=’ ) ) ); query_posts(array_merge($wp_query->query, $args)); // … Read more
The WordPress wpdb class is a little different than the normal way of querying in that you run “vanilla” database queries. You can see documentation on the wpdb class on the WordPress docs: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/wpdb#Run_Any_Query_on_the_Database Also, in regard to your code, you should be able to change the line here: $originaldb->query_posts( ‘posts_per_page=1’ ); To something like … Read more
Updating a theme isn’t that hard. But it’s necessary to let it play nice with the current version of the core. Here’re some notes on what you might need to do: Query Templates Post Thumbnails & featured images The query Nowadays, we’re using get_posts() or new WP_Query for such cases, where you need to do … Read more