You do need to run a custom query for your second loop. You can simply adjust the main query to your needs. It is always never a good idea to run custom queries in place of the main query. One big issue is always pagination, WordPress disregards all other queries, and only focus on the … Read more
Out of the box? No You can do some trickery to try and fool WP_Query into using your new db object but it may have issues with cached objects etc e.g. global $wpdb; // backup wpdb $thedb = $wpdb; // pretend mydb is actually wpdb $wpdb = $mydb; // do stuff // reset wpdb back … Read more
This is the solution, according to the asker. He used the get() method of the WP_Query class to retrieve an array of values (colors), each stored with the meta key color. Because [color] => ‘Yellow’ may appear in the array more than once, he then filtered the array through the PHP function, array_unique() which will … Read more
$items = get_posts( array( ‘post_type’ => ‘inventory’, ‘numberposts’ => -1, ‘taxonomy’ => ‘status’, ‘term’ => ‘in-stock’ ) ); $count = count( $items ); echo $count;
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
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 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