I have following structure
Services
-Page_1
-Page_2
--Page_3
--Page_4
I use Wp-query to get pages. This is my args:
<?php $args = array(
'post_type' => 'page',
'post_parent' => '45'
); ?>
45 is ID of Services page.
But I only get first level Page_1 and Page_2. How do I get all pages? I'm using Advanced Custom Fields plugin so using get_pages() is not a good option, is it?
As mentioned in your comments, the easiest solutions is to actually use get_pages(). You can still grab meta data of posts if you are able to get the the ID of the page (which you can with get_pages()) so you should still be able to ACF's custom fields.
Here's an example of get_pages():
$args = array(
'child_of' => 45,
'post_type' => 'page',
);
$pages = get_pages($args);
The main difference between get_pages() and WP_Query that we want to focus on here is the 'child-of'=>45 paramater vs the 'post_parent'=>45.
The child-of argument will grab ALL children throughout the hierarchy, i.e. children and children's children etc.
In contrast, the post-parent argument of WP_Query will only grab direct children of the page.
Using in conjunction with ACF
If you need to grab custom fields from ACF, you will still be able to use get_post_meta().
If your custom field includes an array of values, you will need to unserialize it first and then loop through the values like this:
$meta = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'acf_meta_key', true ); //grab the post meta using WordPress core function
$array = unserialize( $meta ); //unserialize the field into an array
foreach ( $array as $value ) { //loop through the array
echo $value .'<br>';
}
Related
I have a pretty complicated query that I have not been able to get to work the way I need it to.
I have a Wordpress install using the plugins WP Courseware and ACF. I need to display a page of courses associated with the current user. I want the links to lead the user to the course "home" pages that the user should hit prior to starting the course. I have created course "home" pages, but the problem is WP Courseware has no way to associate a page with a course. So I had to use an ACF options repeater that associates the course ID with whatever course pages are necessary. The only way I know that one of those associated pages is the course "home" page is by the template I use for course home pages.
So the loops within loops need to first determine what courses the current user has access to, get those course IDs, loop the ACF options repeater to find the pages associated with those course IDs, then of those pages loop to find out which one (there is only one per course) uses the course home page template. This last loop I discovered needs to be a WP_Query loop as that's the only way to query for a Wordpress template.
I am lost in loops and I'm having the hardest time. I thought it might be simpler and most direct to use the WP_Query to query an array meta_queries of both the Wordpress template and the ACF repeater (to determine is the ACF repeater course ID matches the course ID the user has access to) but my attempts at querying ACF repeater sub fields is not working.
Here's my code:
$user = wp_get_current_user();
$user_id = $user->ID;
$user_course_list = WPCW_users_getUserCourseList($user_id);
$course_association_arr = get_field('course_association', 'option');
// Loop through user's courses
foreach ( $user_course_list as $user_course ) :
$course_id = $user_course->course_id;
$course_title = $user_course->course_title;
// Loop through the ACF course ID/page associations
foreach ( $course_association_arr as $course_association ) :
$assoc_course_id = $course_association['wp_courseware_id'];
if ( $course_id == $assoc_course_id ) :
// Loop through the ACF associated pages
foreach ( $course_association['associated_pages'] as $associated_page ) :
$page_id = $associated_page->ID;
$page_url = $associated_page->guid;
echo '<li>'. $course_title . '</li>';
endforeach;
endif;
endforeach;
endforeach;
This displays all pages associated with a user's courses, not just the ones using the course home template. I somehow have to incorporate a WP_Query with these args in there and nothing I have done has worked:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'page',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => '_wp_page_template',
'value' => 'page-course-home.php',
),
)
);
If I could somehow turn the WP query into an if statement (if template = page-course-home.php) I could have that inside the associated pages query to only show course home pages. Or there maybe another more brilliant way to do what I need to do. I appreciate all feedback.
Ok I got something to work! I think spending so much time framing the question here helped me see one way I could do it:
$user = wp_get_current_user();
$user_id = $user->ID;
$user_course_list = WPCW_users_getUserCourseList($user_id);
$course_association_arr = get_field('course_association', 'option');
// Loop through user's courses
foreach ( $user_course_list as $user_course ) :
$course_id = $user_course->course_id;
$course_title = $user_course->course_title;
// Loop through the ACF course ID/page associations
foreach ( $course_association_arr as $course_association ) :
$assoc_course_id = $course_association['wp_courseware_id'];
if ( $course_id == $assoc_course_id ) :
// Loop through the ACF associated pages
foreach ( $course_association['associated_pages'] as $associated_page ) :
$page_id = $associated_page->ID;
$page_url = $associated_page->guid;
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'page',
'page_id' => $page_id,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => '_wp_page_template',
'value' => 'page-course-home.php',
),
)
);
$course_assoc_pages = new WP_Query( $args );
if( $course_assoc_pages->have_posts() ) :
while ( $course_assoc_pages->have_posts() ) : $course_assoc_pages->the_post();
echo '<li>'. $course_title . '</li>';
endwhile;
endif;
wp_reset_query();
endforeach;
endif;
endforeach;
endforeach;
This seems a bit cumbersome, but it works. I'm not sure if it would be better but it seems more elegant to incorporate the ACF subfield query into the meta query, so could eliminate two of the loops. If anyone has any thoughts on this I would love to hear them.
In the archive.php file of my custom theme, I want to only show posts of a certain category. It was suggested elsewhere that I add this before if( have_posts() ):
$posts = get_posts('category=1');
However, that seems to disregard all the other filtering that may be in place (such as post date, post author, etc.).
I don't want to remove any other filtering that is already in place. All I want to do is say: "AND ONLY SHOW POSTS WITH CATEGORY=1". Doable?
You could try merging your new filters into the existing filters:
global $wp_query;
$posts = get_posts(
array_merge(
array('category' => '1'),
$wp_query->query
)
);
I am trying to populate an array with a list of categories in a custom taxonomy I created.
The taxonomy's slug is "clipcat". I only want the array to populate with children of a clip with the same slug as the page slug the list is on.
Here's my code so far:
<?php
global $post;
$slug = get_post( $post )->post_name;
echo $slug;
$taxes = array('clipcat');
$args = array(
'parent' => $slug,
);
$categories = get_terms( $taxes, $args );
?>
<p>
<?php print_r($categories); ?>
</p>
You can see what this code outputs here: http://noellesnotes.com/portfolio/seventeen/
To my knowledge, the code is as it should be, but when I print the array (the last line in the code), the array is empty even though I know the clip category that is successfully assigned to $slug has three sub categories (so I must be coding something wrong).
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks!
According to the get_terms documentation, the parent key requires an integer:
"Parent
(integer) Get direct children of this term (only terms whose explicit parent is this value). If 0 is passed, only top-level terms are returned. Default is an empty string"
I believe you are passing a string
I am using Wordpress auto suggests using this snippet of code
and currently it is searching all tags, I want it to search only post titles. Any help is appreciated.
This is sql query calling all the tags which needs to be modified for all posts.
<?php global $wpdb;
$search_tags = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT name from wp_terms WHERE name LIKE '$search%'");
foreach ($search_tags as $mytag)
{
echo $mytag->name. " ";
}
?>
These days i had to do some request in a wordpress theme.
In your case ( getting title can be done easier than getting tags, as in your example link ) the stuff can be done easier (i guess).
Firstly you have to make a php page to get posts. As you maybe know you won't be able to use wp stuff in standalone php files, so your file ( let call it get_posts.php ) will look like
<?php
// Include the file above for being able to use php stuff
// In my case this file was in a folder inside my theme ( my_theme/custom_stuff/get_posts.php ).
// According to this file position you can modify below path to achieve wp-blog-header.php from wp root folder
include( '../../../../wp-blog-header.php' );
// Get all published posts.
$list_posts = get_posts( array( 'numberposts' => -1 ) );
// Get "q" parameter from plugin
$typing = strtolower( $_GET["q"] );
//Save all titles
$list_titles = array();
foreach( $list_posts as $post ) { $list_titles[] = $post->post_title; }
// To see more about this part check search.php from example
foreach( $list_titles as $title ) {
if( strpos( strtolower( $title ), $typing ) ){
echo $title;
}
}
?>
I added some comments trying to help you better.
Now stuff get easy, you only have to call your page through jQuery plugin like
$('#yourInput').autocomplete( "path_to/get_posts.php" );
You can directly use wordpress in-build feature to get all post titles
// The Query
query_posts( 'posts_per_page=-1' );
// The Loop
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
echo '<li>';
the_title();
echo '</li>';
endwhile;
None of the answers here answer your real question:
How to query JUST post titles
The "raw SQL" way:
Few important things:
escape search for SQL! (also do that for the tags search!) use $GLOBALS['wpdb']->esc_like()
if you only need 1 column, you can use $GLOBALS['wpdb']->get_col()$GLOBALS['wpdb']->get_results() is if you want to fetch more columns in one row
use $GLOBALS['wpdb']->tableBaseName to make your code portable - takes care of the prefixe.g. $GLOBALS['wpdb']->posts
When querying posts you must also think about which post_type and post_status you want to query=> usually the post_status you want ispublish, but post_type may vary based on what you want
WordPress table "posts" contains ALL post types - post, page, custom, but also navigation, contact forms etc. could be there! => I strongly advice to use explicit post_type condition(s) in WHERE ! :)
...$GLOBALS is same as globalizing variabl -today performance difference is little
<?php
// to get ALL published post titles of ALL post types (posts, pages, custom post types, ...
$search_post_titles = $GLOBALS['wpdb']->get_col(
"SELECT post_title from {$GLOBALS['wpdb']->posts}
WHERE (
(post_status = 'publish')
AND
(post_title LIKE '{$GLOBALS['wpdb']->esc_like($search)}%')
)
ORDER BY post_title ASC
"); // I also added ordering by title (ascending)
// to only get post titles of Posts(Blog)
// you would add this to conditions inside the WHERE()
// AND (post_type = 'post')
// for Posts&Pages
// AND ((post_type = 'post') OR (post_type = 'page'))
// test output:
foreach ($search_post_titles as $my_title) {
echo $my_title . " ";
}
?>
The WP_Query way
This is more wordpress but has a little overhead, because although there is a fields param for new WP_Query()/get_posts(), it only has options:
'all' - all fields (also default), 'ids' - just ids, 'id=>parent' - ... if you pass anything else, you still get all, so you still need to add "all" BUT - WP however has filters for altering fields in SELECT.
I tried to make it the same as the raw SQL version, but it depends on how does WP does it's "search" - which I think is %search% for 1 word + some more logic if there are more words. You could leverage the $clauses filter used for fields to also add your custom where INSTEAD of adding the 's' into $args (remember to append to not-lose existing WHEREs $clauses['where' .= "AND ...;). Also post_type => 'any' does not produce always the same results as the raw query in cases like Navigation, Contact forms etc...
Also WP_Query sanitizes the input variables so actually don't escape $args!
<?php
$args = [
'fields' => 'all', // must give all here and filter SELECT(fields) clause later!
'posts_per_page' => -1, // -1 == get all
'post_status' => 'publish',
's' => $search,
// I also added ordering by title (ascending):
'orderby' => 'title',
'order' => 'ASC',
'post_type' => 'any', // all "normal" post types
// 'post_type' => 'post', // only "blog" Posts
// 'post_type' => ['post', 'page'], // only blog Posts & Pages
];
$onlyTitlesFilter = function($clauses, $query) {
// "fields" overrides the column list after "SELECT" in query
$clauses['fields'] = "{$GLOBALS['wpdb']->posts}.post_title";
return $clauses; // !FILTER! MUST RETURN!
};
$onlyTitlesFilterPriority = 999;
// add filter only for this query
add_filter('posts_clauses', $onlyTitlesFilter, $onlyTitlesFilterPriority, 2);
// Pro-tip: don't use variable names like $post, $posts - they conflict with WP globals!
$my_posts = (new WP_Query($args))->get_posts();
// !IMPORTANT!
// !remove the filter right after so we don't affect other queries!
remove_filter('posts_clauses', $onlyTitlesFilter, $onlyTitlesFilterPriority);
// test output:
// note that I used "my"_post NOT just $post (that's a global!)
foreach($my_posts as $my_post) {
echo $my_post->post_title . " ";
}
?>
Don't be confused - you will still get the array of WP_Posts - WP will throw some default properties&values into it, but in reality it will only query and fill-in with real values the fields you specify in the filter.
PS: I've tested these - they are working codes (at least on WP 5.4 and PHP7 :) )
Some background info --
In wordpress I have my portfolio as a parent page with each item of work a child page.
I also have a blog.
I want to display the most recent 6 items on the homepage whether they are from my portfolio or my blog.
I have a loop that displays the posts and on another page I have a loop that displays the child pages of a specific parent page. I only need to display the_title and the_post_thumbnail.
Is it possible to loop through both the posts and the child pages and display them in order of date (recent first).
So the final display would be a mixture of posts and child pages.
Could it be done by having a separate loop for pages and one for posts, then somehow adding the results to an array and then pull them out in date order (recent first).
Any help would be greatful.
Thanks
Use a custom query.
Example
$latest_content = new WP_Query(
array(
'posts_per_page' => 6,
'post_type' => 'any',
'post_status' => 'publish'
)
);
if ( $latest_content->have_posts() )
{
while ( $latest_content->have_posts() )
{
$post = $latest_content->next_post();
// Do anything you know about the loop.
print $post->guid . '<br>';
}
}
rewind_posts();
I have not tried it myself, but I think you can use the get_posts template tag with post_type => 'any'.
Like so (default ordering is date descending):
<?php
$args = array('post_type' => 'any', 'numberposts' => 6);
$posts_and_pages = get_posts($args);
?>