What do I need to do to see only 5 most recent posts in my index page on wordpress?
I have this loop:
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
and I tried to sweach it with that:
<?php
$recentPosts = new WP_Query();
$recentPosts->query('showposts=5');
?>
<?php while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post(); ?>
and it only returned errors. What do I need to do?
Try this way instead:
<?php
function five_posts_on_homepage( $query ) {
if ( $query->is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
$query->set( 'posts_per_page', 5 );
}
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'five_posts_on_homepage' );
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
?>
If there a particular reason you have to do it code? Otherwise, you really should just use the Admin Settings.
Under Settings -> Reading, there is a "Blog pages show at most" option where you can change it to 5 pages (see screenshot below).
Related
In my Wordpress site, my taxonomy-product-category.php template has the following loop for loading posts into the page:
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
However, I want the posts to be randomly ordered rather than following a specific order like date added.
How can I modify this loop to do it?
You can use pre_get_posts to set random ordering to your taxonomy pages. Just note, random ordering duplicates posts between paged pages as each page is a new query and not an extension to one. This is unfortunately how random ordering works.
You can try the following
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function ( $q )
{
if ( !is_admin() // Only targets the front end
&& $q->is_main_query() // Only targets the main query
&& $q->is_tax( 'product-category' ) // Only targets the product-category tax pages
) {
$q->set( 'orderby', 'rand' );
}
});
Change:
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
To:
<?php
$args = array(
'cat' => YOUR CATEGORY ID,
'post_type' => YOUR CUSTOM POST TYPE,
'orderby' => 'rand'
);
$query = new WP_Query($args);
?>
<?php if ($query->have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); ?>
I've been searching all morning for answers to no avail. I'm building a one page WordPress template. I have a home page which uses a one page template called one-page.php that is brining in all the other pages. Heres the php from that template:
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'page',
'order' => 'ASC'
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'page' ); ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
This code works great. All the sections can use the content-page.php template part, excluding the portfolio section which I would like to use another template part that brings all the portfolio custom post types.
I've tried to add conditional if statements to both the one-page.php and the content-page.php, like this:
<?php if ( is_page( 'portfolio' ) ) : ?>
//My portfolio custom post type loop is here
<? endif; ?>
But that didn't work either - I think that is because the is_page() function will be checking the current page being displayed which is the Home page. Rather than figuring out what page the query is currently dealing with - but I'm not sure.
Can anyone help me understand how I would go about conditionally loading the portfolio section into a separate template part?
You can achieve this checking page slug, which you can get in the loop. If it is "portfolio" (or whatever you saved), load content-portfolio.php, otherwise content-page.php. Something like this:
if (have_posts()) : while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
if ("portfolio" === $post->post_name) {
get_template_part('content', 'portfolio');
} else {
get_template_part('content', 'page');
}
endwhile; endif;
Set condition in file
<?php
if (have_posts()) : while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
if (is_page('portfolio')) {
get_template_part('content', 'portfolio');
} else {
get_template_part('content', 'page');
}
endwhile; endif;
?>
create a template file named content-portfolio.php which is copy of content-page.php and put the below code in it. if it show 'call' it means your template is working.
portfolio.php
<?php
echo "portfolio.php";
die('Call');
?>
My problem is pagination which I am using in Wordpress. I used the plugin WP Pagenavi. I'm not really sure what is wrong with it.
I found the answer to my problem using this code :
<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=4&posts_per_page=15'.'&paged=' . $paged); ?>
But to my disappointment, when I reduced the posts_per_page to 5, I CAN get the pagination to work until page 2 but when I click page 3 and so on, WordPress can't find it. I used another solution from my research:
<?php
$limit = '5';
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts('cat=4&showposts=' . $limit . '&paged=' . $paged);
$wp_query->is_archive = true; $wp_query->is_home = false;
?>
It still didn't help. I don't want to touch functions.php. I'm only editing category.php.
Check my block of code below :
<?php if (is_category('category1')) { ?>
<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=1&posts_per_page=15'.'&paged=' . $paged); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- SOME CODE TO POST THE POST -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_pagenavi() ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } else if (is_category('category2')) { ?>
<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=2&posts_per_page=15'.'&paged=' . $paged); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- SOME CODE TO POST THE POST -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_pagenavi() ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } else if (is_category('category3')) { ?>
<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=3&posts_per_page=5'.'&paged=' . $paged); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- SOME CODE TO POST THE POST -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_pagenavi() ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } else if (is_category('category4')) { ?>
<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=4&posts_per_page=5'.'&paged=' . $paged); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- SOME CODE TO POST THE POST -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_pagenavi() ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<!-- SOME CODE -->
<?php } ?>
Please note that category1 and category2 display 5 posts while the other 2 categories will display 15 posts. And these are all in the category.php.I don't want to use the # of posts set in the Settings > Reading.
If you think the if statement and putting also the cat ID is redundant, well, it does not get posts of that category name.
UPDATE
I used this code:
<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; ?>
<?php $args = array ('post_type' => 'post','cat' => '4','posts_per_page' => '5','paged' => $paged);?>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query ($args);?>
Again, it worked BUT it only shows two pages! I don't even know where the 3rd page is, supposedly there should be a 3rd page.
Your code has some serious issues
Never ever use query_posts, ever. It breaks the main query object on which so many plugins and functionalities rely, it also breaks pagination and fails silently, so it is really hard to debug pagination when it does fail. If you really really have to use a custom query, use WP_Query instead. You should take your time to read this post and all of the linked posts. It is really helpful as it tells you why you should not use query_posts and when should you use custom queries and when not
This point are coupled to the first one and the linked post. You must never change the main query to use a custom one on the homepage or any type of archive page. This always causes much more issues than what is actually solves. Always use pre_get_posts to alter the main query before it runs. This way, you lets the main query handle all the heavy lifting correctly without you breaking a sweat.
Now, to fix your issue:
First of all, remove all your queries, and just add this code in your category.php (Remember to replace your pagination function, wp_pagenavi())
if ( have_posts() ) {
while ( have_posts() ) {
the_post();
// Your loop with template tags and html mark up
}
wp_pagenavi();
}
You will immediately see that your category posts are showing correctly, but the amount of posts will be the same as what you set in the back end under reading
We will now use pre_get_posts to alter the amount of posts per category. For this, add the following code to your functions.php (Requires PHP 5.3+ and the code is untested)
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function ( $q )
{
if ( !is_admin() // Very important, otherwise back end queries will be affected as well
&& $q->is_main_query() // Very important, we just need to modify the main query
&& $q->is_category() // Only target category pages
) {
// Check on which category page we are and set posts_per_page accordingly
if ( $q->is_category( array( 1, 2 ) ) )
$q->set( 'posts_per_page', 15 );
if ( $q->is_category( array( 3, 4 ) ) )
$q->set( 'posts_per_page', 5 );
}
});
This should basically do it.
Assuming this could help for those who, like me, use a DIVI CHILD THEME !
I finally found the solution by searching divi pagination.
In fact, in my case, I built a divi child theme. However, the post per page in my custom category page is set to 3, but into my divi > theme option the Number of Posts displayed on Category page were set to 6.
That why the page 3 was displaying an error 404. So, I set it to 1.
I read on a post that the "Blog pages show at most" into the settings > reading option have to be under the post_per_page custom query (for the home page), or else, it create a 404 page.
However, it look like that the Number of Posts displayed into the Divi option, overwrite the Blog pages show at most. Here why into my category.php page, I was stuck on page 3.
I leave you my tiny code about my custom category.php page for divi theme child :
<?php
//query{
//print_r(get_queried_object());
$category = get_queried_object();
$the_cat_nicename = $category->slug;
$the_cat_name = $category->name;
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args_s = new WP_Query(array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'category_name' => $the_cat_nicename,
'posts_per_page' => 3,
'paged' => $paged,
'orderby'=>'date',
'order'=>'DESC'));
//query}
if ( $args_s->have_posts())
{
echo $the_cat_name;
echo '<br/>';
while ( $args_s->have_posts())
{
$args_s->the_post();
$the_id=get_the_ID($post->ID);
echo $the_id.'<br/>';
}
if ($args_s->max_num_pages > 1)
{
echo get_next_posts_link( $GLOBALS['older_post_lang'], $args_s->max_num_pages );
echo get_previous_posts_link( $GLOBALS['newer_post_lang'] );
}
}
//wordpress _have_posts}
?>
Do not forget to set your Number of Posts displayed on Category page to 1 into your Divi > theme option.
We have finally arrived to a final answer and working code!
If you read Mr. Pieter Goosen's answer above, it will help you. It really helped me. So, I'm going to give you the final answers. This is actually custom number of post in every category disregarding what is set in the settings.
So in my category.php
<?php if (is_category('category1')) { ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) {
while ( have_posts() ) {
the_post();
// Your loop with template tags and html mark up
}
wp_pagenavi();
}
?>
<?php } else if (is_category('category2')) { ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) {
while ( have_posts() ) {
the_post();
// Your loop with template tags and html mark up
}
wp_pagenavi();
}
?>
<?php } else if (is_category('category3')) { ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) {
while ( have_posts() ) {
the_post();
// Your loop with template tags and html mark up
}
wp_pagenavi();
}
?>
<?php } else if (is_category('category4')) { ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) {
while ( have_posts() ) {
the_post();
// Your loop with template tags and html mark up
}
wp_pagenavi();
}
?>
<?php } ?>
WHERE category1 and category2 will display 5 posts, category3 and category4 will display 15 posts.
This is what you're going to place in your functions.php.
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function($q) {
if (!is_admin() && $q->is_main_query() && $q->is_category()) {
if ($q->is_category( array(1,2) )) {
$q->set('posts_per_page', 5);
}
if ($q->is_category( array(3,4) )) {
$q->set('posts_per_page', 15);
}
}
return;
});
WHERE the numbers inside the array are category IDs.
If you compare my code and Sir Pieter's, it's almost the same BUT I added a return; before the add_action() is closed. But I'm quoting what Sir Pieter said:
It is really strange that you should return. pre_get_posts is a
action, not a filter. But any way, glad it is solved
If it still doesn't work for you, my permalink is set to:
http://www.example.com/sample-post/[/%postname%/].
I also have a WP No Category Base plugin to eliminate /category/ in my category URL. So instead of www.example.com/category/category1, it will be www.example.com/category1.
I'm having an issue with the listings in the WordPress site I'm working on.
I have three listings only showing up out of 6. I can't seem to figure out how to make all of them display. This is using the twentyeleven WordPress theme.
The arrows on the right are used to move the gallery back and forth. Only one more shows up on the right side.
Here's the code I believe is generating it.
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php twentyeleven_content_nav( 'nav-above' ); ?>
<?php if ( is_home() ) {
query_posts($query_string . '&cat=-3');
}
?>
<?php
$page_name="Articles";
$page=get_page_by_title($page_name);
//echo $page->ID;
query_posts( 'cat=-1,-2' );
?>
<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
Any help would be great, thanks.
Change your query_posts() function to the following:
query_posts( 'cat=-1,-2&posts_per_page=6' ); // You can change the post_per_page variable as needed
However, I would suggest using an $args array instead of a querystring to make your query. The same query would look like this:
$args = array(
'cat' => array( -1, -2 ),
'posts_per_page' => 6
);
query_posts($args);
It is much more readable and easier to update. Also, it's worth mentioning, you are adding a negative operator to your categories. In the query_posts function, that will exclude a category. You may only be getting 3 posts because you are excluding posts from your query.
hello there all i have a proplem that we are using one of the new themes called fancy theme the theme comes with a proplem in pagination now we are trying to fix that problem
as you see here http://www.uniblues.com/ when you press page 1,2,3 it redirects you to the same page no change only the url changes too http://www.uniblues.com/page/3/or /4 , /5 according to the page number you press here is the code that the theme uses ..
<?php
//query_posts('paged='.$paged);
$temp = $wp_query;
$wp_query= null;
$wp_query = new WP_Query();
$wp_query->query('showposts=7');
?>
any ideas ?? .. thanks
in case if some body wants to now how i manged to did this i simply used this code and it's done ..
global $query_string;
parse_str( $query_string, $my_query_array );
$paged = ( isset( $my_query_array['paged'] ) && !empty( $my_query_array['paged'] ) ) ? $my_query_array['paged'] : 1;
query_posts('post_type=post&posts_per_page=7&paged='.$paged);
?>
and it works like charm .. thanks all
Is it a theme we can download or did you develop it ?
The code you show get the last 7 articles, so the way it reacts is normal ^^
Here is, for example, the code used in twenty twelve :
<?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 : ?>
[...]
It simply use the have_post() function to get the articles, and use the template called content (content.php) to show them.
And the number of post to show is set in the administration panel > Settings > Reading.
If you are developing your own theme, you should take a look at how the base themes (like twenty twelve) work.
how about
<?php
// clear any other queries that may be in use!
wp_reset_query();
// check for $_GET paged value
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
// setup post arguments
$args = array( 'posts_per_page' => 7, 'paged' => $paged, );
// run our query
query_posts($args);
// start loop
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
// if you use the <!-- more --> in your posts.
global $more;
$more = 0;
?>
<div class="post">
etc...
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="navigation">
<?php next_posts_link(''); ?>
<?php previous_posts_link(''); ?>
</div>
<?php else: ?>
<div><h2>Nothing found</h2><p>No posts found for that query</p></div>
<?php endif; ?>
:)