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1. Dazzer
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   If you read my previous post you'll remember that I was working on a static front page, displaying some posts.

   This is the first part of the code:

   <?php
      if ( have_posts() ) :
         the_post();
         ?><h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2><?php
         the_content();
      else:
         ?>Someone Broke the About Page<?php
      endif;
   ?>

   That works perfectly fine! Now I do this

   <?php
      $posts = get_posts( 'numberposts=2' );
      foreach ($posts as $post) :
         setup_postdata($post);
         ?>
         <h3>
         <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
         </h3>
         <h4>
             Posted <?php the_date() ?>
             - Comments (<?php comments_number(); ?>)
         </h4>
   
             <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
      <?php
         endforeach;
      ?>

   And while the dates, comment count, excerpt all work perfectly, the_ID never echos, the_title always gives me the title of the Page, not the post, and same for the permalink.

   Right now I have circumvented this issue by accessing properties of the $post object directly (guid, post_title, and ID) but I believe if I do it like so, plugins won't be able to hook onto it because I'm not calling the hook, correct?

   So what am I doing wrong? Or is this a bug? Is there a better workaround?

   Many Thanks
   Dazzer

2. Dazzer
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Resolved: instead of using get_posts, which seems to get the posts for the Page as well, I used query_posts('posts_per_page=1'); and Loop through accordingly.

   Hope this helps anyone on the same track. Urgh...

3. klagreca
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Not sure if this is related, but I too want to display the most recent post on a Page. However, query includes Pages as well. Here's what I have in my custom page template:
   

   <h2 class="entry-title">Most Recent Posting</h2>
    <?php
   query_posts('posts_per_page=1');
      foreach ($posts as $post) :
         setup_postdata($post); ?>
    <div>
    <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
    <?php the_date(); ?>
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    </div>
      <?php
         endforeach;
      ?>

   Any ideas what's up here? I also tried a get_posts query as well. The results are the same.

   Thanks!
   Kris

4. klagreca
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Figured it out. If anyone is interested, I "reset the loop" by using the rewind_posts() call. Here's what I have now:
   

   <?php get_header() ?>
   
   	<div id="container">
   	<?php get_sidebar() ?>
   		<div id="content">
   
   <?php the_post() ?>
   			<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="<?php sandbox_post_class() ?>">
   				<h2 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   				<div class="entry-content">
   <?php the_content() ?>
   <br/ >
   <h2 class="entry-title">Most Recent Posting</h2>
     <?php rewind_posts(); ?>
    <?php query_posts('showposts=1');?>
       <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <div>
    <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
    <?php the_date(); ?>
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    </div>
     <?php endwhile;?>
     				</div>
   			</div><!-- .post -->
   		</div><!-- #content -->
   	</div><!-- #container -->
   <?php get_footer() ?>

   Have fun!
   Kris

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