Is $posts a reserved variable Yes, it is, $posts is the global variable which holds the array of posts from the main query. This is how it is set: $GLOBALS[‘posts’] = & $wp_query->posts; Just remember, $posts === $GLOBALS[‘posts’]
Ok, this could be achieved this way, probably. add_action(‘add_meta_boxes_my_super_duper_post_type’, ‘get_metabox_global_ajax’, 9999 ); function get_metabox_global_ajax(){ if( isset($_GET[‘mgv’]) && $_GET[‘mgv’] == ‘1’ ){ global $wp_meta_boxes; @error_reporting( 0 ); header( ‘Content-type: application/json’ ); die( json_encode( $wp_meta_boxes )); } } Now, you send a request from your plugin page to post-new.php?post_type=my_super_duper_post_type&mgv=1 through ajax, and use the returned json response … Read more
The items are set up in wp_nav_menu(). There is a useful filter you can use: ‘wp_nav_menu_objects’. It offers the items as $sorted_menu_items and the arguments of the wp_nav_menu() call as $args. From wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php::wp_nav_menu(): $sorted_menu_items = apply_filters( ‘wp_nav_menu_objects’, $sorted_menu_items, $args ); So … hook into this filter, store the data somewhere, return the $sorted_menu_items unchanged and … Read more
I would stay stick to the function. PHP caches functions for speed and efficiency. In some situations, using a function is faster then using a variable. There are other benefits too – imagine if you changed the name of your variable – you would have to go and update every piece of code where it’s … Read more
I just do something like this so long : wp_add_inline_script(‘helloworld’,’var site_config =’.json_encode($site_config));
Native walker are triggered with walk() method and are not set up to receive data on creation. You can define custom property and constructor method for this purpose: class plus_walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu { var $refine; function __construct($refine) { $this->refine = $refine; } } //stuff ‘walker’ => new plus_walker(‘review’); After this you can access your custom … Read more
You can turn your snippet into a function that returns the post thumbnail URL of a post: function wpse81577_get_small_thumb_url( $post_id ) { $thumbSmall = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post_id ), ‘small’ ); return $thumbSmall[‘0’]; } Usage, supplying the ID of a post: <?php echo wpse81577_get_small_thumb_url( 59 ); ?>
Setting Cookie Using a Variable from the URL
I recommend you to store it in WordPress options table using function add_option() function as this is site specific data and not post/category specific.
Like any other php object, you can add items to the $post object like so: $post->my_new_val_name=”my new value”; I don’t know exactly what you’re trying to do, but inside a function hooked to the_post, you can assign new values and return the object. function my_func($post) { $post->my_new_val_name=”my new value”; return $post; } add_action( ‘the_post’, ‘my_func’ … Read more