Don’t use post types, use taxonomy terms! On save, set the object terms in an A-Z taxonomy, using the first letter of the post title. Make sure to force upper or lowercase for consistency. Make sure to create terms for each letter of the alphabet, and a term for numbers and other non alphanumeric symbols. … Read more
The WP_Query object contains a max_num_pages field which contains how many pages of posts there are. You can compare the current page number with it. (This is how get_next_posts_link() does it.) global $wp_query; $current_page = $wp_query->get( ‘paged’ ); if ( ! $current_page ) { $current_page = 1; } if ( $current_page == $wp_query->max_num_pages ) { … Read more
Use wp_strip_all_tags() to remove the content of script and style elements too: echo wp_strip_all_tags( get_the_content() );
Yes, it can be done. The key is to make the format parameter different for the two queries: <!– Cats –> <div class=”animals”> <? $paged1 = isset( $_GET[‘paged1’] ) ? (int) $_GET[‘paged1’] : 1; $paged2 = isset( $_GET[‘paged2’] ) ? (int) $_GET[‘paged2’] : 1; // Custom Loop with Pagination 1 // http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Usage $args1 = array( … Read more
EDIT – ANSWER REVISITED I’ve being working on another solution which is actually better the original answer. This does not involve any custom query and I think for all purposes my original answer can be dropped but kept for informational purposes I still believe you are on the homepage and will also treat this as … Read more
UPDATE December 23 2014 There is a better method using date_query property of WP_Query class: $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ‘tax_query’ => array( array( ‘taxonomy’ => ‘post_format’, ‘field’ => ‘slug’, ‘terms’ => array( ‘post-format-image’ ) ) ), ‘cat’ => ‘-173’, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘date_query’ => array( ‘column’ => ‘post_date’, ‘after’ => ‘- 30 days’ … Read more
$wp_query hold main loop of page and should not be used to create multiple loops. If you are using new WP_Query object then your variable that holds it will have according count: $my_query = new WP_Query(); // stuff $count = $my_query->post_count; If you are using get_posts() then WP_Query object is not accessible and you should … Read more
The simplest and most straightforward way to get the post author ID outside the loop, if you know the post ID, is to use the WordPress core function get_post_field(). $post_author_id = get_post_field( ‘post_author’, $post_id ); If you do not yet know the post ID of the page you are on, then since WP 3.1 the … Read more
You can’t just pass the string “parent” to get_categories. You have to pass the ID of the parent. $categories=get_categories( array( ‘parent’ => $cat->cat_ID ) ); Notice that there are two similar but not equal “get child” parameters that you can use. child_of (integer) Display all categories that are descendants (i.e. children & grandchildren) of the … Read more
Your actual question is basically when to run a custom query and when to make use of the main query. Lets break it down in three parts PART ONE When to run a custom query (This is not a definitive list) To create custom content sliders To create a featured content area in a page … Read more