Would that be simply numbers that increment per archive listing? If yes, why not add a simple counter, set it to zero before the Loop, increment it immediately after the Loop starts and then display it on the page as required?
this is how i implemented it into my blog a few months ago; first time, it will automatically create a custom field ‘incr_number’ for every published post, and update the value every time any post is deleted, updated, or published.
add this snippet to functions.php of your theme:
function updateNumbers() {
/* numbering the published posts: preparation: create an array with the ID in sequence of publication date, /
/ save the number in custom field 'incr_number' of post with ID /
/ to show in post (within the loop) use <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID,'incr_number',true); ?>
/ alchymyth 2010 */
global $wpdb;
$querystr = "SELECT $wpdb->posts.* FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE $wpdb->posts.post_status = 'publish' AND $wpdb->posts.post_type = 'post' ";
$pageposts = $wpdb->get_results($querystr, OBJECT);
$counts = 0 ;
if ($pageposts):
foreach ($pageposts as $post):
setup_postdata($post);
$counts++;
add_post_meta($post->ID, 'incr_number', $counts, true);
update_post_meta($post->ID, 'incr_number', $counts);
endforeach;
endif;
}
add_action ( 'publish_post', 'updateNumbers' );
add_action ( 'deleted_post', 'updateNumbers' );
add_action ( 'edit_post', 'updateNumbers' );
to show it next to your post, use:
<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID,'incr_number',true); ?>
Thanks, alchymyth. I’ll give it a try shortly and resolve this thread if it works like a charm 🙂
Amazing! Thanks so much. Exactly what I was looking for.
This would be great, but it doesn’t appear to work in WordPress 3.0.1. Any ideas?
continuos post numbers – it only activates when you create/edit/delete a post for the first time after adding the code.
Ok, not solved after all 😉 : Strangely enough, the function only counts up to 5 on my installation, then starting again at 1. I’m dumbstruck by this, pls help.
function updateNumbers() {
$totalposts = get_posts('category_name=folio&post_type=post&posts_per_page=-1&orderby=date&order=DESC');
$counts = 0;
if ($totalposts) :
foreach ($totalposts as $totalpost) :
setup_postdata($totalpost);
$counts++;
add_post_meta($totalpost->ID, 'incr_number', $counts, true);
update_post_meta($totalpost->ID, 'incr_number', $counts);
endforeach;
endif;
wp_reset_query();
}
this has to do with the ‘posts_per_page’ parameter
– even if the codex states that ‘get_posts()’ takes the same parameters as query_posts()
– ‘posts_per_page’ is the one parameter that does not work –
use ‘numberposts’ instead.
