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1. Chris
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi folks,
   I am starting to play around with Custom Post types and am trying to figure out how to show the excerpts from a Custom Post type. I have a custom post type called testimonials and I am trying to show the excerpt of those on the home page. I cannot figure out how to do it.... any ideas?

   Thanks!

2. lancer_mallik
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Now with those custom post types and other “bits of content” that don’t necessarily need to be organized by date/chronologically, what approach you suggest taking for letting the editor/admin of the site SORT their order??

3. Chris
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Not really sure what you mean, You mean how could they sort their order? Looks like there is a plugin that lets you do that sort of thing. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-types-order/

   But that doesn't really answer my question as to how to call the excerpts of a custom post type. Anyone?

4. Chris
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Not entirely sure if this is the RIGHT way to do it but I am able to accomplish what I want using the following. So if your custom post type is called "testimonials" and you want to display the excerpt try this:

   <?php
   //get specific post_types, display all published content for each of those types
   $args=array(
   'name' => 'testimonials'
   );
   $output = 'objects'; // names or objects
   $post_types=get_post_types($args,$output);
   if ($post_types) {
   foreach ($post_types as $post_type ) {
   $type = $post_type->name;
   $args=array(
   'post_type' => $type,
   'post_status' => 'publish',
   'posts_per_page' => -1,
   'caller_get_posts'=> 1
   );
   $my_query = null;
   $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
   if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
   while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   <?php the_excerpt() ?>
   <?php
   endwhile;
   }
   wp_reset_query();
   }
   }

   ?>

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