Create a Custom WordPress Page with Post titles - php

Question

I am trying to create a custom WordPress page that will contain only the links to all my post titles, divided on 4 column. I am also using Bootstrap with WordPress.
I created the php file, created a new page with her page atribute, but the post titles don't display.
This is the code i used:
<?php
/**
* The template used for displaying page content in questions.php
*
* #package fellasladies
*/
?>
<?php
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('col-md-4 col-sm-4 pbox'); ?>>
<header class="entry-header">
<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
</header><!-- .entry-header -->
<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php
wp_link_pages( array(
'before' => '<div class="page-links">' . __( 'Pages:', 'fellasladies' ),
'after' => '</div>',
) );
?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'fellasladies' ), '<footer class="entry-meta"><span class="edit-link">', '</span></footer>' ); ?>
</article><!-- #post-## -->
I really appreciate your help! Thanks

Answer 1

You'll need to start by creating a Query which fills an array with the posts you want to iterate. Read about the get_posts() function in WordPress.
Here's an example. Note that we can't use functions which are meant to be used "in the loop" such as the_title() or the_content(). We must specify the post_id for each iteration. We should not modify the main query for situations such as this.
// the arguments for the get_posts() function
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post', // get posts int he "post" post_type
'posts_per_page' => -1 // this means the array will be filled with all posts
);
$my_posts = get_posts($args);
// now we'll iterate the posts
foreach ( $my_posts as $p ) {
// a title
echo get_the_title($p->ID);
// the link
echo get_permalink($p->ID);
// a custom field value
echo get_post_meta($p->ID,'custom_field_key',true);
}
Theming what happens inside each iteration is up to you.
Good luck! :)

Answer 2

I encourage you to go read about Page Templates on Wordpress Codex, that could help you a lot!
Pages are one of WordPress's built-in Post Types. You'll probably want most of your website Pages to look about the same. Sometimes, though, you may need a specific Page, or a group of Pages, to display or behave differently. This is easily accomplished with Page Templates.
It seems that you have a <?php useless. You also don't define your template's name, which is required.