wordpress custom page template displaying posts twice - php

I'm not a wordpress expert, so wondering if someone can help me. I created a custom page template for one page so I could aggregate and display posts from one category on that page. However, I created one post in that category so far, but it gets displayed twice on the page. The posts that get pulled in from the category get displayed in the "div id=main" div. Here is the page template code:
<?php /* Template Name: Deals Page */ ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
</div>
//<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="title-bar">
<h1 class="bar-entry-title container"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="container col-md-12"><!-- restart previous section-->
<div id="primary" class="content-area col-md-8">
<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
<?php query_posts('category_name=deals &posts_per_page=20'); ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title( '<h2>', '</h2>' ); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
//<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'page' ); ?>
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
<?php
// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template
if ( comments_open() || '0' != get_comments_number() )
comments_template();
?>
</main><!-- #main -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_sidebar('footer'); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Do you know why it is displaying the post twice? I can't see why.

You are running two loops. Your comment line is outside of the PHP on the 5th line.
Change this //<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
to this <?php // while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
Also comment out the first <?php endwhile; ?> around line 9 or else you will get a PHP error

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Set index.php file to only show posts from one category

Here is a copy of my index.php file, which i gather governs what is shown on the posts page. Im wanting the posts page to only show the posts from my "blog" category. Can someone help with the code changes that i need to make, to implement this?
Thanks heaps guys
Erin
<?php
$archive_page_layout = esc_attr(of_get_option('archive_page_layout'));
?>
<main id="main" class="site-main clearfix <?php echo esc_attr($archive_page_layout); ?>">
<?php if($archive_page_layout == 'both-sidebar'): ?>
<div id="primary-wrap" class="clearfix">
<?php endif; ?>
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php
/* Include the Post-Format-specific template for the content.
* If you want to override this in a child theme, then include a file
* called content-___.php (where ___ is the Post Format name) and that will be used instead.
*/
get_template_part( 'content' , 'blog' );
?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'none' ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div><!-- #primary -->
<?php
if($archive_page_layout == 'both-sidebar' || $archive_page_layout == 'left-sidebar'):
get_sidebar('left');
endif;
?>
<?php if($archive_page_layout == 'both-sidebar'): ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php
if($archive_page_layout == 'both-sidebar' || $archive_page_layout == 'right-sidebar'):
get_sidebar('right');
endif;
?>
</main><!-- #main -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>
you have to use argument parameters to specify a posts categorie/s please refer to
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/145125/display-content-from-a-specific-category for the code you will need.
:)

Make a Blog Template page on underscore.me with wordpress

i am trying to personalize a new theme made in underscore.me, but i can't seem to create a new template page with a loop that can show me posts of one specific category, how can i do this?
I'm gonna paste here the index.php of the underscore.me theme, witch has a generic loop, sadly, copying and pasting this loop on a template page does
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php if ( is_home() && ! is_front_page() ) : ?>
<header>
<h1 class="page-title screen-reader-text"><?php single_post_title(); ?></h1>
</header>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php
/*
* Include the Post-Format-specific template for the content.
* If you want to override this in a child theme, then include a file
* called content-___.php (where ___ is the Post Format name) and that will be used instead.
*/
get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', get_post_format() );
?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</main><!-- #main -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
And this is the page.php.
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'page' ); ?>
<?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;
?>
<?php endwhile; // End of the loop. ?>
</main><!-- #main -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
Good news for you, you dont need a specific loop for a specific category.
if you have a category.php file in your theme, and assume that your category name is "Lux Cars" with id of "35". if you copy your category.php as category-35.php or category-lux-cars.php (slug of your category). When you open the posts with this category. wordpress call this file and show posts in that loop. you can edit your category-35.php and add any category detail or sth.
But if you still want a loop for a specific category then you can use that code;
<?php
$args = array ( 'category' => ID, 'posts_per_page' => 5);
$myposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post);
?>
//Style Posts here
<?php endforeach; ?>

How to display posts with a certain tag

I'm really struggling at what I am sure is a simple problem. I cannot seem to get the posts which fall under a certain tag to display on that tags page ie: (/tag/blog/) with blog being the Tag.
So far following the Official Tag Templates page on Wordpress I still cannot seem to get it working.
I do not need a heirarchy so tag.php works fine. Using single_tag_title() it does correctly display the tag at the top of the page.
The rest of the Official Tag Templates does not really give much more detail on wether or not I can use the default Loop or a custom one. I have tried with the custom one as shown below but that does not work. (I've kept it down to the minimum not currently worried about styling.)
<?php get_header(); ?>
<p>Tag: <?php single_tag_title(); ?></p>
<div class="container">
<div id="content" class="clearfix row">
<div id="main" class="col col-lg-8 clearfix blog-page-padding" role="main">
<?php
if ( have_posts() ) :
while ( have_posts() ) :
the_title();
endwhile; // end while
endif; // end if
?>
</div> <!-- end #main -->
<?php get_sidebar('blog'); // Blog ?>
</div> <!-- end #content -->
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
So this code currently does display the title of the Tag but not the title of the posts which I am trying to get out.
To wrap the question up. "How do I display the posts which fall under a certain tag."
You're not telling the loop to look for that particular tag anywhere...all you're doing is displaying the current selected tag at the top of the page. Add a PHP if statement into your loop to grab the posts with that tag:
<?php get_header(); ?> // Get the header
<p>Tag: <?php single_tag_title(); ?></p> // Display the tag name
<div class="container">
<div id="content" class="clearfix row">
<div id="main" class="col col-lg-8 clearfix blog-page-padding" role="main">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> // Start your loop
<?php if(tag_slug( ' THE SLUG ' ) ) : ?> // Look for the tag
// Post HTML stuff
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endwhile; endif ?> // finish the loop
</div> <!-- end #main -->
<?php get_sidebar('blog'); // Blog ?>
</div> <!-- end #content -->
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
This page from the Codex has examples of how to grab categories and tags.
You just need the the_post() function, you have to call it inside the while, and it should be the first function you call, as it loads the template tags.
<?php
if ( have_posts() ) :
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
the_title();
endwhile; // end while
endif; // end if
?>
if the tags is just used in custom post types you should add something like this to you functions.php:
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'custom_function' );
function custom_function($query){
if(! is_admin()){
if(is_tag()){
$query->set('post_type', array('your_post_type', 'your_other_post_type', 'post'));
}
}
}
I found that I had to use a WP Query loop to bring them in due to being custom post types.
<?php if ( is_tag() ) {$term_id = get_query_var('tag_id'); $taxonomy = 'post_tag'; $args ='include=' . $term_id; $terms = get_terms( $taxonomy, $args );} ?>
<!-- This gets the tags slug -->
<?php $query = new WP_Query(array( "post_type" => array('blog', 'portfolio'), "tag" => $terms[0]->slug ) ); while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

Customizing Wordpress to show posts by id in Index page

I'm having problem in showing posts in my index page in wordpress the title and contents doesnt show. Currently i'm modifying the index.php of twenty-twelve template to show the custom post by id, my goal is to show 3 posts in my index page, here's my code below:
<?php
/**
* The main template file
*
* This is the most generic template file in a WordPress theme
* and one of the two required files for a theme (the other being style.css).
* It is used to display a page when nothing more specific matches a query.
* For example, it puts together the home page when no home.php file exists.
*
* #link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
*
* #package WordPress
* #subpackage Twenty_Twelve
* #since Twenty Twelve 1.0
*/
get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary" class="site-content">
<div id="content" role="main">
<br><br>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php twentytwelve_content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
<?php if ( current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) :
// Show a different message to a logged-in user who can add posts.
?>
<header class="entry-header">
<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e( 'No posts to display', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></h1>
</header>
<div class="entry-content">
<p><?php printf( __( 'Ready to publish your first post? Get started here.', 'twentytwelve' ), admin_url( 'post-new.php' ) ); ?></p>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php else :
// Show the default message to everyone else.
?>
<header class="entry-header">
<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e( 'Nothing Found', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></h1>
</header>
<div class="entry-content">
<p><?php _e( 'Apologies, but no results were found. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></p>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php endif; // end current_user_can() check ?>
</article><!-- #post-0 -->
<?php endif; // end have_posts() check ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
The code above is the default index.php of twenty-twelve template in wordpress. I replaced this code from:
<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php twentytwelve_content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>
To this, because i want to show only post 23 by id.
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( 'page_id=23' ) ?>
<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
So the whole code for my new index.php is:
<?php
/**
* The main template file
*
* This is the most generic template file in a WordPress theme
* and one of the two required files for a theme (the other being style.css).
* It is used to display a page when nothing more specific matches a query.
* For example, it puts together the home page when no home.php file exists.
*
* #link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
*
* #package WordPress
* #subpackage Twenty_Twelve
* #since Twenty Twelve 1.0
*/
get_header();
?>
<div id="primary" class="site-content">
<div id="content" role="main">
<br><br>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query('page_id=23') ?>
<?php while ($the_query->have_posts()) : ?>
<?php $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
<?php
if (current_user_can('edit_posts')) :
// Show a different message to a logged-in user who can add posts.
?>
<header class="entry-header">
<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e('No posts to display', 'twentytwelve'); ?></h1>
</header>
<div class="entry-content">
<p><?php printf(__('Ready to publish your first post? Get started here.', 'twentytwelve'), admin_url('post-new.php')); ?></p>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php
else :
// Show the default message to everyone else.
?>
<header class="entry-header">
<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e('Nothing Found', 'twentytwelve'); ?></h1>
</header>
<div class="entry-content">
<p><?php _e('Apologies, but no results were found. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.', 'twentytwelve'); ?></p>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php endif; // end current_user_can() check ?>
</article><!-- #post-0 -->
<?php endif; // end have_posts() check ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
That's all what i have guys. Can you help me? Is there anything wrong on showing the posts? Thanks in advance guys. :)
An approach if u dont want to use Wp_query
Try this:
<div id="primary" class="site-content">
<div id="content" role="main">
<br><br>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php $post = get_post(23);?>
<?php echo $post->post_title; ?>
<?php echo $post->post_content; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
<?php
if (current_user_can('edit_posts')) :
// Show a different message to a logged-in user who can add posts.
?>
<header class="entry-header">
<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e('No posts to display', 'twentytwelve'); ?></h1>
</header>
<div class="entry-content">
<p><?php printf(__('Ready to publish your first post? Get started here.', 'twentytwelve'), admin_url('post-new.php')); ?></p>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php
else :
// Show the default message to everyone else.
?>
<header class="entry-header">
<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e('Nothing Found', 'twentytwelve'); ?></h1>
</header>
<div class="entry-content">
<p><?php _e('Apologies, but no results were found. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.', 'twentytwelve'); ?></p>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php endif; // end current_user_can() check ?>
</article><!-- #post-0 -->
<?php endif; // end have_posts() check ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
You need to display post with id 23. Right?
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query('p=23') ?>
<?php while ($the_query->have_posts()) : ?>
<?php $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php else : ?>
You are missing little like this :
$query = new WP_Query( 'p=7' );
ALternate you can try query_posts() for specific post in query like this:
<?php query_posts('p=23'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h4><?php the_title(); ?></h4>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile;?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

issue with post format in wordpress on a custom page template

Hey guys so I am trying to have a loop run to get all the post that are within a certain category on a page, for some reason nothing happens though?
Code :
<?php
/*
Template Name: djequip
*/
get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary">
<div id="content" role="main">
<?php /*query_posts('test');uncategorized*/
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
endwhile; endif; ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Let me know if you can help, thanks a ton!
<?php /* Template Name: TEMPLATE NAME */ ?>
<?php get_header();?>
<?php query_posts('category_name=CATEGORY NAME'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
Is this what you mean?
the_excerpt
can be changed to
the_content
Also I'd just like to add that you can put divs in there around the WP PHP.

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