I usually use this approach: wrong approach <?php query_posts( array( ‘category_name’ => ‘news’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 3, )); ?> <?php if( have_posts() ): while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <?php the_excerpt(); ?> <?php endwhile; ?> <?php else : ?> <p><?php __(‘No News’); ?></p> <?php endif; ?> With the help of @swissspidy the correct way is … Read more
Use get_posts() and the parameter name which is the slug: $page = get_posts([ ‘name’ => ‘your-slug’ ]); if ( $page ) { echo $page[0]->post_content; } Be aware that the post type in get_posts() defaults to ‘post’. If you want a page use … $page = get_posts([ ‘name’ => ‘your-slug’, ‘post_type’ => ‘page’ ]); If you … Read more
Best practice method Have a look at wp_localize_script, which is meant to do exactly that. But it does require previous usage of wp_enqueue_scripts, hence you will need to move your JS to a separate file indeed. It will be worth those few minutes of effort though, for sure. function wpse_96370_scripts() { if ( is_single() ) … Read more
The first thing to do to implements such task is to be able to recognise which page an user can edit. There are different ways to do it. It could be a user meta, some configuration value… For the sake of this answer, I will assume that a function lile this exists: function wpse_user_can_edit( $user_id, … Read more
Go to Screen Options at the top, and change the number to something like 200. I don’t think it will survive much more than that.
Try with this: <?php echo get_the_title( $ID ); ?>
<?php // would echo post 7’s content up until the <!–more–> tag $post_7 = get_post(7); $excerpt = $post_7->post_excerpt; echo $excerpt; // would get post 12’s entire content after which you // can manipulate it with your own trimming preferences $post_12 = get_post(12); $trim_me = $post_12->post_content; my_trim_function( $trim_me ); ?>
I finally got it working, but not with the code in my question. I totally scrapped that whole idea and restarted going in a new direction. NOTE: If anyone is ever able to sort out the issues in my question, feel free to post an answer. Also, if you have any other solutions, feel free … Read more
When WordPress is using pagination like this, there’s a query variable $paged that it keys on. So page 1 is $paged=1 and page 15 is $paged=15. You can get the value of this variable with the following code: $paged = (get_query_var(‘paged’)) ? get_query_var(‘paged’) : 1; Getting the total number of pages is a bit trickier. … Read more
UPDATE: This is now a decade old answer, meant for a very old version of WordPress. I can see the comments informing me that this might not work for newer WP versions, please do refer to the other answers below if mine is not working for your version of WP. For WP 2.*, this will … Read more