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Custom post type, custom taxonomy, query posts only from taxonomy (children of)

The problem was in not reading documentation carefully enough 😉 As it stands in http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query in ‘tax_query’ part, “tax_query takes an array of tax query arguments arrays” so the correct part of code would be: $query_args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘portfolio-type’, ‘paged’ => $paged, ‘tax_query’ => array( array( ‘taxonomy’ => ‘portfolio-category’, ‘field’ => ‘id’, ‘terms’ … Read more

Show specific category posts on Genesis framework home page

Also using query_posts() is highly discouraged. If you need a second loop, use new WP_Query() or if you want to adjust the main loop then use pre_get_posts. If you home page is not a static page, then this should work regardless of what theme you use. (Goes in functions.php… preferably a child theme if you … Read more

Pagination on category.php and tag.php not working

If you merely want to modify posts_per_page for tag and category archive index pages, don’t use query_posts(); instead, filter the $query via pre_get_posts: function wpse87489_filter_pre_get_posts( $query ) { if ( ( is_category() || is_tag() ) && $query->is_main_query ) { $query->set( ‘posts_per_page’, ‘2’ ); } } add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘wpse87489_filter_pre_get_posts’ );

Archive template combined with post slider and regular posts

There are several ways of doing this. You could, for instance, incorporate a counter into your loop and treat the post data with respect to the counter’s value. YOUR QUERY HERE $my_counter = 0; while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); $my_counter++; if ( $my_counter <= 4 ) { SLIDER ACTION } else { REGULAR POST … Read more

Show the latest post from child category?

Just change your query to search for the category you want. $qry = new WP_Query(‘category_name=paparazzi&showposts=1′); while($qry->have_posts()) : $qry->the_post(); That should most likely be all you need to do. And please don’t use query_posts. It alters the main query and can break things.

Query for first 3 posts to change the look and feel

You can style the first 3 posts differently without querying them separately, you just need to check where you are within the loop while outputting each post via the built in current_post var. while( have_posts() ): the_post(); // are we on the first page and outputting one of the first 3 posts? if( !is_paged() && … Read more

Exclude current sticky post

This should do: // Get sticky posts $sticky = get_option(‘sticky_posts’); rsort($sticky); $sticky = array_slice($sticky, 0, 3); // Check if current post is inside foreach ($sticky as $key => $value) if ($value === $GLOBALS[‘post’]->ID) { // … and remove unset($sticky[$key]); break; } $query = new WP_Query( array( ‘post__in’ => $sticky, ‘ignore_sticky_posts’ => 1, ) ); If … Read more

query_post and wpdb returning different results

First, don’t use query_posts. From the Codex: query_posts() is the easiest, but not preferred or most efficient, way to alter the main query that WordPress uses to display posts. It does this by putting the main query to one side, and replacing it with a new query. To clean up after a call to query_posts, … Read more

Display Posts with template on a Page

query_posts() is a horrible function and shouldn’t be used. Also it doesn’t has much to do with loading template, since it was originally designed to be used in template. Should not be used. If you are looking for logic of how WP picks template files from theme to load see Template Hierarchy. If you just … Read more

Control content before and after custom post type loop

When you initiate a Loop, split it up like so: <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <!– do stuff … –> <?php endwhile; ?> <?php endif; ?> Anything inside the if statement but outside the while statement will run if have_posts is true, but will not be Looped for each … Read more

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