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1. bfkouba
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm VERY new at all of this. I would like to make a conditional statement in my sidebar that shows a piece of text if a page with a specified id is published (instead of draft or pending review)... so something like this:

   <?php
   if(page_is_published('293')){ ?>
   <a href="/next-weeks-movies">Next Week's Videos</a>
   <?php }else{} ?>

   Can someone help me? Thank you!
   - Ben

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Totally untested but what about:

   <?php
   $page_id = 293;
   if( get_page($page_id) ) { ?>
   <a href="/next-weeks-movies">Next Week's Videos</a>
   <?php }else{} ?>

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_page

3. bfkouba
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Seemed like it would... but wordpress still finds the page even if it's a draft.

   I don't know. Basically I want to hide the link if the page is a draft. There's gotta be a way.

   Anyone?

4. bfkouba
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey I figured it out!

   For anyone else wanting to the same things... here's what I got:

   $page_id = 284; //the id of the page you're checking to see if it's published
   $page_data = get_page($page_id);
   if($page_data->post_status == 'publish'){ ?>
   <!-- Put the HTML here that you want to display if the page is published -->
   <?php }else{} ?>

5. bfkouba
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   btw... THANK YOU to esmi. That tip got me going in the right direction. I appreciate the support.

6. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You're very welcome. :-) Thanks for posting a working solution.

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