custom post_type loop

  • Resolved pybiru

    (@pybiru)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hi,

    I have a custom “post_type” called cities and need to loop through all the cites, outputting name, thumbnail and excerpt. I have the following but its not working..

    <?php

	$args = array('post_type' => 'cities', 'depth' => 1, 'orderby' => 'name', 'posts_per_page'  => 20, 'post_status' => 'publish');
	$loop = new WP_Query($args);

	wp_list_pages($args);

	if($loop->have_posts()){

          while ($loop->have_posts()) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
            <li>
              <a href='<?php the_permalink() ?>' rel='bookmark' title='<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>'>
                <?php the_title(); ?>
              </a>
              <?php the_excerpt() ?>
              <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($page->ID, 'thumbnail'); ?>
            </li>
          <?php
          endwhile;
          } //if ($my_query)
    wp_reset_query();*/

?>
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  • Peter_L

    (@peter_l)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Start by removing wp_list_pages. Then be explicit in ‘what’s not working’.

    Thread Starter pybiru

    (@pybiru)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for reply Peter. The “wp_list_pages” should have been commented out, I had the titles pulling in/ working using it. But I need thumbnails and some content/ excerpt too.

    Whats not working, I need the title, thumbnail and excerpt for each city to be output in the loop. At the moment nothing is getting output.

    Peter_L

    (@peter_l)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Try this. Use this for the loop. If it works, add the code to get the thumbnail.

    // The Loop
if($loop->have_posts()) : while($loop->have_posts()) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
<li>
    	<a href='<?php the_permalink() ?>' rel='bookmark' title='<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>'>
	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</li>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p>Oops, there are no posts.</p>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); // reset the query ?>
<?php endif; ?>
    Thread Starter pybiru

    (@pybiru)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for help Peter, I was getting syntax errors from your code(probably sloppy integration, not great in PHP).

    I have the following working, but its outputting all the child pages aswell. I just want all the top level pages. I added “depth” => 1, but doesn’t seem to work.

    <?php query_posts(array('post_type'=>'cities', 'depth' => 1)); ?>

    <?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

    <h3>
      <a href="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo the_title(); ?></a>
      <?php the_content(); ?>
    </h3>

    <?php endwhile; ?>
    Peter_L

    (@peter_l)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    No, stick with wp_query. Just switch everything you had in your first post with this:

    <?php
	$args = array('post_type' => 'cities', 'depth' => 1, 'orderby' => 'name', 'posts_per_page'  => 20, 'post_status' => 'publish');
	$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
?>
<?php
	// The Loop
	if($wp_query->have_posts()) : while($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
	<li>
		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
		<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
	</li>
	<?php endwhile; else: ?>
	<p>Oops, there are no posts.</p>
	<?php wp_reset_postdata(); // reset the query ?>
	<?php endif; ?>
    Thread Starter pybiru

    (@pybiru)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Ah, great. That’s working beautifully now. One more thing, I have (‘depth’ => 1), in the $args array yet it is outputting the child pages too. Is there a differen’t way to only get the parent pages?

    Thanks a million for the help/advice.

    Peter_L

    (@peter_l)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    remove depth, use ‘post_parent’ => 0

    Thread Starter pybiru

    (@pybiru)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    working with just parents pages now, the final code…

    <?php
      $args = array('post_type' => 'cities', 'depth' => 1, 'orderby' => 'name', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_parent' => 0, 'posts_per_page'=>'-1');
      $wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
    ?>
    <?php if($wp_query->have_posts()) : while($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>

        <li>
          <div class="city">

              <?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>

              <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
              <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

          </div>
        </li>

      <?php endwhile; else: ?>
        <p>Oops, something has gone wrong. No cities currently available.</p>
        <?php wp_reset_postdata(); // reset the query ?>
      <?php endif; ?>
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