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How to use a custom post type archive as front page?

After you have set a static page as your home page you can add this to your functions.php and you are good to go. This will call the archive-POSTTYPE.php template correctly as well. add_action(“pre_get_posts”, “custom_front_page”); function custom_front_page($wp_query){ //Ensure this filter isn’t applied to the admin area if(is_admin()) { return; } if($wp_query->get(‘page_id’) == get_option(‘page_on_front’)): $wp_query->set(‘post_type’, ‘CUSTOM … Read more

query_post by title?

functions.php <?php add_filter( ‘posts_where’, ‘title_like_posts_where’, 10, 2 ); function title_like_posts_where( $where, $wp_query ) { global $wpdb; if ( $post_title_like = $wp_query->get( ‘post_title_like’ ) ) { $where .= ‘ AND ‘ . $wpdb->posts . ‘.post_title LIKE \’%’ . esc_sql( $wpdb->esc_like( $post_title_like ) ) . ‘%\”; } return $where; } ?> Then: $args = array( ‘post_title_like’ => … Read more

Multiple orderby values in WP_Query

@Musa how can we put multiple order value for the fields? I was wondering the same question and I found this : In 4.0, you can now pass an array to WP_Query as the value for orderby. The syntax looks like: $q = new WP_Query( array( ‘orderby’ => array( ‘title’ => ‘DESC’, ‘menu_order’ => ‘ASC’ … Read more

Page template query with WP_Query

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

Post_count only shows the number of results per page

$wp_query->post_count is supposed to work exactly like that. To get the total number of posts that exist in the database, use $wp_query->found_posts

Order by multiple meta key and meta value [closed]

meta_query is an array of meta clauses. For example: $q = new WP_Query( array( ‘meta_query’ => array( ‘relation’ => ‘AND’, array( ‘key’ => ‘state’, ‘value’ => ‘Wisconsin’, ), array( ‘key’ => ‘city’, ‘compare’ => ‘EXISTS’, ), ), ) ); You can use an associative array, with a key for each meta clause: $q = new … Read more

Some doubts about how the main query and the custom query works in this custom theme?

Your actual question is basically when to run a custom query and when to make use of the main query. Lets break it down in three parts PART ONE When to run a custom query (This is not a definitive list) To create custom content sliders To create a featured content area in a page … Read more

Query multiple custom post types in single loop

Just change the post_type bit to: ‘post_type’ => array(‘testimonial’, ‘other_post_type’, ‘another-post-type’), Assuming that taxonomy is valid across all 3 post types. Otherwise you’ll have to leave that out. Why? You can pass an array to post_type field.

Broken? WP_Query and “attachment” as a post type

These are the query parameters i use…works for me when i loop through the results array( ‘post_parent’ => $post->ID, ‘post_status’ => ‘inherit’, ‘post_type’=> ‘attachment’, ‘post_mime_type’ => ‘image/jpeg,image/gif,image/jpg,image/png’ ); For more detail, please see official documentation for WP_Query’s status parameters

$GLOBALS[‘wp_the_query’] vs global $wp_query

You have missed one, $GLOBALS[‘wp_query’]. For all purposes, $GLOBALS[‘wp_query’] === $wp_query. $GLOBALS[‘wp_query’] is however better for readability and should be used instead of $wp_query, BUT, that remains personal preference Now, in a perfect world where unicorns rule the world, $GLOBALS[‘wp_the_query’] === $GLOBALS[‘wp_query’] === $wp_query. By default, this should be true. If we look at where … Read more

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