Post on 13-Jan-2015
description
Getting different sets of posts in your theme
Roman Rus @RomSocialwww.websitesupgrade.com
The loop:while (have_posts()) : the_post(); the_permalink(); the_post_thumbnail(); the_content(); the_excerpt(); the_time(); the_author(); comments_template( );endwhile;
The Main Loop
wp_reset_query();
The loop:while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ...endwhile;
query_posts()
Second time same loop:rewind_posts(); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ...endwhile; Run a different loop:query_posts( 'category_name=cat2& posts_per_page=10'); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ...endwhile;
foreach($theposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); the_permalink(); the_post_thumbnail(); the_title(); ...endforeach;
wp_reset_postdata();
Most commented posts:$args = array( 'numberposts' => 4, 'orderby' => ‘comment_count', 'order' => 'DESC');$theposts = get_posts( $args);
get_posts()
If in functions.php etc.: global $post;
Most commented posts
Most recent posts from selected categories, then
second most recent posts, etc.
Featured posts
Most read posts
Most shared on social media posts
List of subcategories with images
get_posts parameters:
$args = array( 'numberposts‘ => 1,'posts_per_page' => 5, 'offset' => 0, 'category' => '', 'orderby' => '', 'order' => 'DESC', 'include' => '', 'exclude' => '', 'meta_key' => '', 'meta_value' => '', 'post_type' => 'post', 'post_mime_type' => '', 'post_parent' => '', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'suppress_filters' =>
true );
$theposts = get_posts( $args);
get_posts( $args);
'meta_query' => array( array( 'key' => 'featured', 'value' => 'yes', ));
ORDERBY options:
'none' 'ID' 'author' 'title' 'date' 'modified' 'parent''rand''comment_count''menu_order' 'meta_value' // 'meta_key‘ 'meta_value_num' // 'meta_key‘
'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'genre', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => 'jazz' ) )
Most commented posts
Most recent post, second most recent post, etc.
from individual categories
Featured posts
Most read posts
Most shared on social media posts
How it is done?
Sort by 'comment_count'or 'date' (default)
use'offset',
'category', 'numberposts'
Sort by 'meta_value' or
'meta_value_num'
Plugin: Meta Box
Define custom field, ++ on single post views
or Plugin: WP-PostViews
Plugin: Most Shared PostsName of meta tag
'meta_key' => '_msp_total_shares'
Sort by 'date' (default)
with filter'meta_key' => '_fp',
'meta_value' => '1',
Sub-categories listing?
$args = array(
'type' => 'post',
'child_of' => 0,
'parent' => '',
'orderby' => 'name',
'order' => 'ASC',
'hide_empty' => 1,
'hierarchical' => 1,
'exclude' => '',
'include' => '',
'number' => '',
'taxonomy' =>
'category',
'pad_counts' => false );
$categories= get_categories($args);
foreach ($categories as $category) :
$imgurl = z_taxonomy_image_url(
$category->term_id);
get_category_link( $category->term_id);
echo( $category->slug);
echo( $category->cat_name;);
endforeach;
Plugin: Categories Images
z_taxonomy_image_url();
Plugin: Taxonomy TinyMCE (not working?)
Plugin: WP Category Permalink (for SEO)
Thumbnails
In functions.php add different sizes for thumbnails:
add_image_size(‘n_toprow', 164, 105, true);add_image_size(‘n_mainblog', 300, 260, true);..
Plugin: Categories ImagesPlugin: Regenerate Thumbnails
Plugin: Thumbnail Upscale
In the loop etc. add:
the_post_thumbnail( ' n_toprow' );
Bad hack for categories:
$imgurl = z_taxonomy_image_url($category->term_id);$imgurlmod = str_replace ( '.jpg' , '-300x260.jpg' , $imgurl );
Thank you for your attention!
Questions?
Roman Rus @RomSocialwww.websitesupgrade.com