check if wordpress is updating or publishing a post
I avoid the problem just checking if the ID of the post is already existing in the db. get_post($id)==NULL That’s probably the easiest way to do what I need.
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Display posts styled exactly like default posts
The markup to display each regular post item is hard coded in different template files. There is now way to get it automatically – unless the theme author has used a dedicated function for this.
Query get post,how to add comment box
First of all, welcome to WPSE! By default, the comment box does not come with the post object, what you are looking for is the comments_template function. It should be as simple as changing your code to this: <?php $post_id = 104; $queried_post = get_post($post_id); $content = $queried_post->post_content; $content = apply_filters(‘the_content’, $content); $content = str_replace(‘]]>’, … Read more
How to make number of blog posts a custom field?
It might actually still work, but the syntax is currently wrong (you have a PHP opening tag inside another opening tag). And you can assign the value of the custom field to a variable using the get_field function. What if you try this? <?php // assuming your ACF name is ‘number_of_posts’ $numposts = get_field(‘number_of_posts’); $args … Read more
Print a message if excerpt is empty after posts have been publish/update!
You could always use the has_excerpt() function to test for excerpt content and if it is not filled in you could display a message. Example: if( has_excerpt() ) { the_excerpt(); } else { echo ‘<p>Please enter the excerpt.</p>’; }
Nothing Found error when creating new posts – how to correct this?
Analysing the Error WordPress database error 42000 : [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near ‘wp_users’. for query SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE ”wp_users” made by display_setup_form, pdo_wpdb->query, pdo_wpdb->_post_query, pdo_wpdb->print_error …reads as: SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE ”wp_users” Your Problem It seems you got constants in your query string. And … Read more
How to load a post into an empty div tag anywhere across the pages?
You can solve this in different ways. One it’s to use simple querys with WP_Query and using the p parameter to retrive a particular post like it’s explained here. Something like this: $the_query = new WP_Query( ‘p=123′ ); while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); the_content(); endwhile; Where 123 it’s the post id from where you … Read more
Display all posts that were published before full post on single.php
How about something along these lines? function my_filter_where( $where=”” ) { global $post; $where .= ‘ AND post_date <= “‘.$post->post_date.'”‘; return $where; } add_filter( ‘posts_where’, ‘my_filter_where’ ); $query = new WP_Query( $query_string ); remove_filter( ‘posts_where’, ‘my_filter_where’ );
get_the_content(“more…”) returns full text
get_the_content() does what it’s supposed to, gets the content. You’re looking for get_the_excerpt(). 😉 Alternatively, using what you have, it should cut off wherever you put <!– more –> in your post when using get_the_content().
How can I make a post that belongs to a category or have specific tags, display different from the other single posts?
With CSS: If your theme uses post_class() on a containing element, you can target that element with the class .category-songs to control styling. With a template filter: add a filter to single_template and check the assigned categories for your songs category, and use the template songs-single.php if that category is found: function wpse_check_single_categories( $template=”” ){ … Read more