Pagination &#8211; WP_Query

(@miguelsaddress)

i cleaned the code a lil bit

<?php
	get_header();

	$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
	$args = array(
		'post_type' => 'post',
		'cat' => 3,
		'posts_per_page' => 2,
	);
	global $wp_query;
	$query = http_build_query( $args ) . "&paged=".$paged;

	$temp = $wp_query;
	$wp_query= null;

	$wp_query = new WP_Query();
	$wp_query->query( $query );

	 if ($wp_query->have_posts()) :
	 	$i = 1; $tags = array(); $post_ids = array();
	 	while ( $wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post();

				// $wp_query->next_post();

			$post = get_post( get_the_ID() );
			$tags = array_merge( $tags, wp_get_post_tags( get_the_ID(), array( 'fields' => 'names' )  ));
			$post_ids[] = get_the_ID();
			$post_url = get_permalink( get_the_ID() );

			the_title();
			the_excerpt();
		endwhile;

		if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); }
		$wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;

	endif; //have_posts

	get_sidebar();
	get_footer();
?>

Moderator

(@keesiemeijer)

http://www.billerickson.net/customize-the-wordpress-query/
http://developer.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/querying-posts-without-query_posts/
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/50761/when-to-use-wp-query-query-posts-and-pre-get-posts

Try it with this:

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
	$args = array(
		'post_type' => 'post',
		'cat' => 3,
		'posts_per_page' => 2,
		'paged' => $paged
	);

	$temp = $wp_query;
	$wp_query= null;

	$wp_query = new WP_Query();
	$wp_query->query( $args );

If this is not on a Page request (page template) there are even better ways to query:

Thread Starter

(@miguelsaddress)

🙁 it still doesnt work… i also tried that before…
im going crazy with this issue hehehehe

Moderator

(@keesiemeijer)

On what theme template file are you trying this?

Thread Starter

(@miguelsaddress)

it is a custom post type… it has its own archive template that i include in code

public static function include_news_template_function( $template_path ) {
	$cat = get_the_category();
	$cat = $cat[0]->name;

	if ( get_post_type() == 'post'  && $cat == 'NOTICIAS' ) {
		if ( is_single() ) {
			// checks if the file exists in the theme first,
			// otherwise serve the file from the plugin
			if ( $theme_file = locate_template( array( 'single-news.php' ) ) ) {
				$template_path = $theme_file;
			} else {
				$template_path = plugin_dir_path( dirname(__FILE__ ) ) . 'theming/single-news.php';
			}
		}
		if( is_archive() ){
			if ( $theme_file = locate_template( array( 'archive-news.php' ) ) ) {
				$template_path = $theme_file;
			} else {
				$template_path = plugin_dir_path( dirname(__FILE__ ) ) . 'theming/archive-news.php';
			}
		}
	}
	return $template_path;
}

and the filter is

add_filter( ‘template_include’, array(‘News’, ‘include_news_template_function’ ), 1 );

Thread Starter

(@miguelsaddress)

sorry, it isnt custom_post_type in this case its a regular post, with a known category

Moderator

(@keesiemeijer)

So if see this correct, when you view a normal post category archive and the category is ‘NOTICIAS’ use the post type archive template in your theme or use a post type archive template from your plugin instead of a normal category template.

Have you tried it without a query on the template (and a normal loop) with a query from your functions.php/plugin:

function my_post_queries( $query ) {
  // not an admin page and is the main query
  if (!is_admin() && $query->is_main_query()){
  	// use category slug for is_category()
    if(is_category('noticias')){
      $query->set('posts_per_page', 2);

    }
  }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_post_queries' );

Thread Starter

(@miguelsaddress)

dude,

i think i am going to cry 😉 THAT WORKED!!

I just inserted that code in my main plugin’s file… i can keep my own archive template… (normal loop style, and so on…removing the query i had)

YOU ARE THE MAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH… now lets see if it works everywhere i need it 😀

Moderator

(@keesiemeijer)