With one of my own WordPress Themes, I would click on any links under the recent posts category and I would receive the "gray screen of death" with the following error:
There has been a critical error on your website.
Learn more about debugging in WordPress.
I did the disable plugins deal but that didn't work. If you click on Archives and Categories, those work without no problems. Long story short, I walked away from studying WordPress and Web Development in early 2019 due to working mainly 55+ hours a week. Back in early 2019, those recent posts links worked, but now in Oct 2020, they don't.
Here's a link to the theme (yes, the footer is off, I'm looking to fix it next):
https://rthomas.xyz/TestAreaA/
Thanks for the help, hopefully I'm making sense here.
After further digging, there was something wrong with my single.php. I did the following to create a debug.log file in the wp-content folder, you can find it on the WordPress website:
Example debugging for wp-config
Next, the debug.log told me of an error on my single.php. It's the reason why the Archives and the Categories links worked but not the single posts.
My single.php had the following code:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="container">
<div class="primary">
<!-- Start the Loop. -->
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<hr>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<p class="date-author">Posted: <?php the_date(); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?></p>
<p><?php the_content(); ?></p>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your critera.' ); ?></p>
<?php
// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
comments_template();
endif; ?>
<hr>
</div><!--/.primary-->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
It said that the error was on the last line. After some editing, I reduced it to this:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="container">
<div class="primary">
<!-- Start the Loop. -->
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<p class="date-author">Posted: <?php the_date(); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?></p>
<p><?php the_content(); ?></p>
<?php
// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
comments_template();
endif; ?>
<hr>
</div><!--/.primary-->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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This is my first attempt at creating a theme purely from scratch. Before this I just used underscores_me and made most of my changes to style.css and left the majority of PHP alone, because I'm a novice with it.
My issue is that plugins are not working. None of the ones I have installed work. At this point I have been trying plugins that create an event calendar, but I'm assuming that any and all plugins will have issues. In the areas that are meant to display the calendar, there are two things I'm seeing. Plugin-generated pages show nothing at all (aside from the theme visuals) and plugins that are inserted into an admin-created page display plugin-generated code.
I am using WampServer. I have wp_footer(); and wp_head(); in the correct places. My functions.php file was created from the example found at https://scanwp.net/blog/create-a-wordpress-starter-theme-from-scratch/ and the only adjustment I have made to it so far is to remove the fontawesome line of code.
My index.php file looks like this:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<h1><?php echo "☛ "; ?><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
if ( have_posts() ) :
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
// Display post content
endwhile;
endif;
?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
And my page.php file looks like this:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<h1><?php echo "☛ "; ?><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?= get_post_field('post_content', $post->ID) ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
First of all, you have to understand that in your displayed files, there are no functions that recall objects that will later show the page content.
Then, in your index.php file there is an error, besides what was said above, because you're calling the_title () (function) that extrapolates the title of a post or page via the post object, which in this case should be extracted within the while loop contained within the if condition.
Then try editing the files as follows.
index.php
<?php
get_header(); ?>
<?php if( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php if( is_singular() ) : ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else: ?>
<h1>No posts to display</h1>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
and page.php
<?php
get_header(); ?>
<?php while( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
However, within the wordpress codex you will find all the guides well written on any type of function, look no further.
source: https://codex.wordpress.org/
I am following along with this tutorial and what I have made so far is not working as it should. I have gotten to the point where I am starting to use the loop - this is my code:
index.php
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-8 blog-main">
<?php
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
endwhile; endif;
?>
</div><!-- /.blog-main -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!-- /.row -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>
</div><!-- /.container -->`
content.php
<div class="blog-post">
<h2 class="blog-post-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><?php the_date(); ?><?php the_author(); ?></p>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div><!-- /.blog-post -->
I have two posts but only the latest post is getting displayed (by the loop) and within the post that gets displayed - the only part that is displayed is the title. So it seems like the_date(), the_author(), and the_content() functions are not working for some reason, and the loop is only getting one of the posts (the latest one).
What is wrong? Thanks.
I'm not sure what I did, but I went to WP admin and clicked "customize" for the theme, and it loaded correctly in the theme editor - and then I went to the site, and it was working. I think maybe I didn't save a file, and I didn't realize it - and as I was trying to figure it out, I ended up saving the file, and it started working.
comments not showing in single.php
this is my code in single.php (I have created comments.php and copied the code from default comments.php file theme):
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="content-post container">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<p><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> at <?php the_time('g:i a'); ?> | <?php the_category(', '); ?> | <?php comments_number('No comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></p>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php wp_list_comments(); ?>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<h2>Woops...</h2>
<p>Sorry, no posts we're found.</p>
<?php endif; ?>
<p align="center"><?php posts_nav_link(); ?></p>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
could this be due the css issue? I also installed Disqus plugin and its not displaying
This code looks good. Could be a couple things:
In the admin area, go to the post your viewing and find the "Comments Allowed" checkbox, if your theme allows it.
Try changing the code:
wp_list_comments();
to:
comments_template();
Change it back if that doesn't work.
Don't know what you mean by "css issue". If it's a CSS issue, make some comments, then view the page in a browser. View the page source, and if the comments are set to display:none, you'll still be able to see them in the page source, then you'll know if it's a CSS issue.
I have created a sidebar.php-file with the code;
<section class="sidomeny"><p class="Senastenytt2"><?php get_search_form();?></p></section><!--Slut på sidomeny-->
<div id="nyhet3">
<?php
query_posts('category = all');
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php the_post(); ?>
<p class="datum2"><?php the_time('Y-m-d'); ?></p>
<p class="Nyhetsrubrik3"><a style="orange"; href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" ><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<p class="textnyhet2"></p>
<?php
endwhile;
endif;
?>
</div><!--Slut på Nyhet3-->
And now I would like to add the function that if you press the sidebar news section, the "textnyhet2" section will get updated with the news you clicked on. That is how it's working now.
But the problem is that the sidebar vanished whenever you click on one of those "latest news" links. So what I need help with is to edit the sidebar.php-file so the "latest news" function with links is still there so you don't have to go back one page whenever you would like to read about another post.
Im not sure how to do this. If it's php involved or if you can do it by simple visiting the posts/pages section in wordpress.
Would be grateful if anyone could help me. If I have forgotten any necassary information please tell me and I will the post.
Thanks!
<?php
get_header();
?>
<section class="textinnehall">
<?php
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) :
the_post();
the_content();
endwhile;
endif;?>
</section>
<section class="sidomeny">
<?php
get_sidebar(); ?>
</section>
<?php
get_footer();
?>
This is my page.php file. Don't know if it will be to any help. But the sidebar is already active.
May be the sidebar is not called in your single page.
you need to have the same design in your themes single.php page(As per twenty ten theme standard).
<p class="Nyhetsrubrik3"><a style="orange"; href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" ><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
The href <?php the_permalink() ?> takes the post to single page for full view
Just call the sidebar in your theme's single page.
I am needing some serious Wordpress expertise from others. I am in the process of building a custom theme, read about the get_template_part() method and decided that would help in cleaning up and organizing my code. I updated my theme to use this method several places and now the site is completely broken...not a single thing will load!! :( I would really appreciate any help! I will copy and paste a few of the php files below. Maybe someone with more experience with using this method can point out the problem. THANKS!
page.php
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content" class="content">
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- About page -->
<?php if (is_page('about')) ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'page', 'about' ); ?>
<!-- Media & Gallery page -->
<?php if (is_page('media-gallery')) ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'page', 'mediagallery' ); ?>
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
</div> <!--/end content -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>
page-about.php
<div id="about">
<div class="text">
<h2 class="about"><?php echo get_the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
</div>
page-mediagallery.php
<div id="pic-gallery">
<?php include_once 'includes/pwaplusphp/albums.php'; ?>
</div>
index.php
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="content">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
<br class="clr"/>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
<header class="entry-header">
<h3 class="blog"><?php _e( 'Nothing Found' ); ?></h3>
</header> <!-- .entry-header -->
<div class="entry-content">
<p><?php _e( 'Apologies, but no results were found for the requested archive. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.'); ?></p>
</div> <!-- .entry-content -->
</article> <!-- #post-0 -->
<?php endif; ?>
</div> <!--/end content -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>
content-gallery.php
<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
<div class="post-date"><?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?></div>
<h3 class="blog"><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<div class="post-content"><?php the_content(); ?></div>
</div>
Any thoughts why these may not be working? All of these files are under the root directory of the theme so the get_template_part() method should be finding all of the files. What's weird is no code is being spit out by Wordpress. aka. Since I've started using this method, not a single line of code is spit out in my browser when I inspect the source.
I am using the newest version of Wordpress and Google Chrome for my browser.
I also have this code at the top of each of my .php files, but that shouldn't mess up anything because it's commented as seen below:
<?php
/**
* I put a description of what the file does here.
*
* #package Keynote_WP_Themes
* #subpackage Rhymz_Suhreal
* #copyright Rhymz Suhreal, 2012
* #author Kyle Affolder <myemail#example.com>
*/
?>
I don't have the slightest clue as to what I'm doing wrong. :(
Ideas coding friends?!
Using your page-about.php as an example, you should be calling it like this in the template it's to be place in:
<?php get_template_part( "page-about" ); ?>
The template needs to be in the root of your theme directory so you can use "page-about" without the .php, and not have to indicate the location/directory the file would otherwise be located.
I've run into this a few times before as well - I can't really explain why yet as I'm still digging through the documentation, but it seems you can't call template parts this way when you are inside a post loop ;)
Anytime you are inside the loop, try using this instead:
<?php include(get_query_template('page-about')); ?>