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1. cooperanet
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   In one of my theme I use multiple loops using new WP_Query.

   Example: my content contains a classic loop calling a page or a post and my sidebar contains two custom loops calling one specific page or post.

   /* sidebar loops */
   <?php $customLoop1 = new WP_Query('page_id=5');?>
   <?php while ($customLoop1->have_posts()) : $customLoop1->the_post() ;?>
   <!-- content stuff here -->
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   
   <?php $customLoop2 = new WP_Query('page_id=10');?>
   <?php while ($customLoop2->have_posts()) : $customLoop2->the_post() ;?>
   <!-- content stuff here -->
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   The problem now: if I put this code below these loops:

   <?php echo $post->ID; ?>

   It returns me the ID of each post/page calling by the custom loop and not the ID of the current post. And I think it's normal.

   But, how to retrieve the current post ID outside of the classic loop?

   Any help would be greatly appreciated!

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   In that first loop the Post ID would be
   

   <?php echo $customLoop1->post->ID; ?>

   But $posts[0]->ID would be the id of the first post in the $posts array

   Note you might want to put a wp_reset_query(); after your endwhile when using a custom loop to properly reset the normal query values.

3. cooperanet
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Great! I didn't know the wp_reset_query() function. A nice way to reset!
   Thanks a lot for your help!

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