Sticky posts doesn’t work on query_posts?

  • Resolved akis

    (@akis)


    13 years, 9 months ago

    I have the following code:

    <?php
$sixt_id = get_catId("Blog");
$sixt_id .= ",".get_catId("Featured");
$sixt_id .= ",".get_catId("Premium");

query_posts("showposts=6&cat=".$sixt_id);
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();

echo get_the_title();

endwhile;
endif;
?>

    On featured category I have a sticky post, but doesn’t show up in front, why?

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  • Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    See the sticky parameters.
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Sticky_Post_Parameters

    Thread Starter akis

    (@akis)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks. I have checked those but didn’t help, I don’t want to display only sticky posts, I just want the normal behavior.

    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Stickies should already be included in the query, unless they’re not matched against the parameters you’ve set, ie. within the categories above (blog, featured, premium).

    Thread Starter akis

    (@akis)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    They are included but like normal posts not stickies.

    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Try setting the caller_get_posts parameter (try both values, 1 and 0, should only take a minute).

    Thread Starter akis

    (@akis)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Tried that already, nothing changed.

    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    I have no idea why they’re not retaining the order, if you remove the query posts line do stickies then behave correctly? (simply to test).

    Thread Starter akis

    (@akis)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Yes, but unfortunately this is not a solution.

    Some related question:
    Do you have any idea if its possible to prioritize posts from Featured category?

    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Was never intended to be a solution, simply a test to see if the problem is still apparent.

    Query posts should work with stickies if caller_get_posts is set accordingly, but i do remember a thread from a while back that i answered where another user had the same problem, i’ll see if i can dig it up.. (will edit post if i can find it).

    EDIT: Here’s the thread i mentioned which contains a work-around for the problem.
    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/309252

    Not sure what you mean on your related question, can you elaborate please?

    Thread Starter akis

    (@akis)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    My code displays last six posts from those 3 categories.
    If possible, I want to show posts from Featured category first. Featured may contain posts from Blog and other categories.

    Thread Starter akis

    (@akis)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    It seems that using this query, sticky posts are displayed fine but the showposts count no longer works, it displays 6 normal posts + x sticky posts. Do you have any ideea why?

    <?php
query_posts("showposts=6&".array('category__in' => array($sixt_id)));
?>
    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    You can’t combine a string and an array, either use an array or a string for the parameters.

    Try this..

    query_posts( array( 'posts_per_page' => 6, 'category__in' => array( $sixt_id ) ) );

    NOTE: Changed to posts_per_page as showposts is deprecated, however showposts does still work(currently), simply showing you the new way… 🙂

    Thread Starter akis

    (@akis)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    For some reason now it displays posts only from the first category (Blog).

    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    You variable is not an array, it’s a string.. (i missed that before).

    Change this.

    $sixt_id = get_catId("Blog");
$sixt_id .= ",".get_catId("Featured");
$sixt_id .= ",".get_catId("Premium");

    to…

    $sixt_id = array( get_catId("Blog"), get_catId("Featured"), get_catId("Premium") );

    ..and as the variable is now an array, change this..

    query_posts( array( 'posts_per_page' => 6, 'category__in' => array( $sixt_id ) ) );

    to..

    query_posts( array( 'posts_per_page' => 6, 'category__in' => $sixt_id ) );

    Or, just do this..

    query_posts( array( 'posts_per_page' => 6, 'category__in' => array( get_catId("Blog"), get_catId("Featured"), get_catId("Premium") ) ) );

    Thread Starter akis

    (@akis)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Sorry for the delay, still doesn’t work.
    Using an array for posts_per_page seems to disable the sticky behaviour.

    What I really want:
    – I’m showing six posts from Blog category on homepage (ordered by date)
    – Here, I want to promote (give priority) to some old posts (from the Blog category)

    Any ideea how to achieve this?

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