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1. Edward Caissie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have written a function that uses the single oldest published post, but it has been suggested it may be improved upon.

   Currently I am identifying the oldest post with this snippet:
   

   /* Get all posts */
   $all_posts = get_posts('post_status=publish&order=ASC');
   /* Get first post */
   $first_post = $all_posts[0];

   As this function is being used on every "public-facing page" is there a more efficient or less server intense method than the one I am using?

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

   As far as I can tell, that should only involve a single db query. Can't see how you could reduce that.

3. Edward Caissie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks, I was just wondering if there may be another function, or variation, to find the oldest post. The code above was the most concise I could think of.

4. Edward Caissie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   OK, so this little bit of code has thrown me a bit of a curve ball ...

   The above code finds the first post; short of running the query twice, any ideas on how to include an additional post_type, such as "page" in this query?

   I would like to avoid the following:
   

   /* Get all posts */
   $all_posts = get_posts('post_status=publish&order=ASC');
   /* Get first post */
   $first_post = $all_posts[0];
   
   wp_reset_query(); /* required? */
   /* Get all pages */
   $all_pages = get_posts('post_status=publish&order=ASC&post_type=page');
   /* Get first page */
   $first_page = $all_pages[0];

   The result I am looking for is the first published "entry", whether it be a post or a page.

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