Always great if someone wants to use better, more correct and more efficient ways to get things done. To achieve what you need is not difficult. WORKSFLOW: Use the usort() to create your custom sort order Use the the_posts filter to sort and return the sorted array of posts just before the loop is executed … Read more
Do your posts have multiple categories? If not – I think individual category counts are cached, so can sum up counts: $categories = get_categories( array( ‘exclude’ => $folio_cat_ids ) ); $count = 0; foreach ( $categories as $category) $count += $category->category_count; Can also just get and count the posts, that is more flexible and takes … Read more
Page 1 on repeat is usually a wp_query issue. A 404 is a permalink issue – try setting them to default and see if the same problem occurs. If it doesn’t, then switch them back to custom and your problem should have resolved itself. If default permalinks give you a 404 on page two then … Read more
It appears that you want to create a custom page template to display a custom post type? If so, you don’t really need to mess with pre_get_posts at all. First, create your custom page template. I assume you’ve already done this. Second, you need to create a custom query, using WP_Query(): global $post; $types = … Read more
Try using a loopcounter based on the post number count – provides for more flexibility <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php $count = 0; ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <?php $count++; ?> // if you are in your first post <?php if ($count == 1) : ?> // do whatever you want to … Read more
Base on the updated code, the answer to your question, “How can I add filter or query to show the most views post (new posts) of last 24 hours?” is that you can’t do that. Your code is not tracking time at all. There is no way to pull ‘last 24 hours’ if you aren’t … Read more
Thanks to @Chinmoy Kumar Paul for his amazing help last night and for setting me on the right track. The issue was that because the code was being run inside an AJAX results DIV, WordPress couldn’t locate the ID correctly. It was necessary to post the data using AJAX too and this works fine. For … Read more
You might want to append the query parameter sentence=1 in your search, it is not well documented, but it should retrieve content inside the post that matches exactly the sentence pattern. Alternatively, for a more powerful search, you might want to give a look at Relevanssi plugin. A lot of people agree that WordPress search … Read more
I think you forgot to check if $the_query have posts. <?php $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘testimonials’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 1, ‘orderby’ => ‘rand’ ); $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?> <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?> <div class=”testimonial push_2 grid_10 clearfix”> <blockquote>“<?php the_field( ‘testimonial’ ); ?>”</blockquote> <cite>—<?php … Read more
I would use get_posts() for your two ad hoc Loops. (Actually, you only need one ad hoc Loop, if you’re modifying the main Loop so that only 2 posts are retrieved.) e.g. \\ code modify main Loop to return only 2 posts goes here $firstpost = true; if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() … Read more