According to the WP_Query::parse_args docs (which is what parses the $args you’re passing to get_posts()), the $author parameter needs to be an int or a string (a comma-separated list of IDs). But you’re also going to need this set up in groups, per student, so here’s what I’d recommend: use an array to store each … Read more
The query_posts() function is almost wholly unnecessary and is discouraged in favor of WP_Query(). That being said we can look at the WP_Query() docs as they’re almost the same. The cat parameter accepts either a comma separated string or integer. In this case we can use: query_posts( array( ‘cat’ => 1, ‘posts_per_page’ => ‘8’, ‘post__not_in’ … Read more
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I wouldn’t use query_posts(). That particular function is meant for making changes to a specific query … and it’s limited enough that you can’t get the kind of custom functionality you need out of it. Rather, I’d use a custom query. What you’ll want to do is query approved comments sorted by their post/approval date … Read more
In your query posts array add this: ‘meta_key’ => (meta key name in database), ‘meta_value’ => 1 To make it at the top use two queries. One for the top first post and one for the rest of the posts/pages. so your whole query will look like this: <?php query_posts(array(‘showposts’ => 1, ‘post_parent’ => $post->ID, … Read more
I think this will do what you want. But I still wonder whether sticky posts wouldn’t have been better… if (is_home() && $paged == ‘0’) { //$paged value is 0 on 1st page and not 1 ! query_posts(‘posts_per_page=7&paged=’.$paged.’&meta_key=_pull_leading3&meta_value=off’); } else { // recreate the home page “loop” to figure out which posts to exclude $excluded … Read more
if you want to exclude categories then you do need to create a custom query something like this: $page = (get_query_var(‘paged’)) ? get_query_var(‘paged’) : 1; query_posts( array( ‘category__not_in’ => array( 2, 6 ) , ‘paged’ => $page ) ); just above the loop and change 2 , 6 to the category ids which you want … Read more
‘post_type’=>’any’ should get you all types except revisions so you should get the attachments but if you don’t try: query_posts( array( ‘posts_per_page’ => -1, ‘ignore_stickies’ => 1, ‘post_type’=> array( ‘post’, ‘page’, ‘attachment’ ), ‘post_status’ => array( null ), ‘post__in’=> $id_list ) ); Update As t31os pointed out that: Attachments don’t have a publish status, which … Read more