Posted 1 year ago #
In my monthly Archive.php page, I am showing links of all posts of the month.
In the very first post of each month, there shall be only one image.
I want to pull this image and need to show it as a thumbnail on the specific-month archive page, before all the posts-links of the said month.
How can it be possible?
Many thanks for kind help.
How are you creating the monthly archive page? Does this page use a custom template or query of any kind?
Posted 1 year ago #
@esmi:
yes, this page (Archive.php) uses a custom template.
It will show all the posts-links for the particular month category-wise.
use counter variable.
Posted 1 year ago #
@chinmoy29 :
How and where?
We'd really need to see your code. Drop a copy of the template file into the WordPress pastebin and post the pastebin url here.
Posted 1 year ago #
@esmi :
Here is the code
code - Archive.php
Looking at the code, there's a slight problem - the sql query that grabs the relevant posts is being set up and used after the page title has been displayed and within the table that is being used to create the link list. So, at the point when you need the image (near the top of the page before the table), the query hasn't even been called. The whole script would have to be re-written and the query moved much higher up to achieve what you want.
Not a simple fix, I'm afraid
Posted 1 year ago #
@esmi,
OK. I got your point.
Forget about the previous location.
Can you guide me, as how can I display the image just after the "title" of the post?
Since it is in a loop, so I can place the code in between IF condition that the image will show only if it is the first post of the month.
Posted 1 year ago #
just after the "title" of the post, I am using the code as like this:
<br />
<?php if (++$post_count == 1) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'attachment',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_status' => null,
'post_parent' => $post->ID
);
$attachments = get_posts($args);
if ($attachments) {
foreach ($attachments as $attachment) {
echo wp_get_attachment_image($attachment->ID, $size='medium', $icon = false);
}
}
}
?>Its OK. but for some months, the thumbnail is not showing. And instead of this, two thumbnails of two month's first post are displaying in a single month.
Can anybody check to find the error? Please.
Assuming that you only want an image from the most recent post, try using:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'attachment',
'posts_per_page' => 1,
'post_status' => null,
'post_parent' => $post->ID
);
Posted 1 year ago #
Its working fine now. The problem of 2-images was due to two attachments linked to same post.
now I need to link the image to its post.
i.e: How can I give the permalink of the post to the image?
Try:
?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo wp_get_attachment_image($attachment->ID, $size='medium', $icon = false);?></a><?php
Posted 1 year ago #
Thanks.
Topic resolved!
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