; ?>)
ID, 'thumbnailcaption',true); ?>
```
* However, the problem is still there. Am I using wp_reset_query() wrong here?
I’m using it in single.php as well as in the sidebar, and no matter where I bust
it out, I’m always seeing the content of the post in the sidebar.
* So…still not working, and the Trac report has been closed, meaning that it’s
apparently been shown to work. What am I doing wrong here?
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Styling multiple-page posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-multiple-page-posts/)
* [robbono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbono/)
* (@robbono)
* [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-multiple-page-posts/#post-1215377)
* I have the same question. There is a bug in WordPress that causes the_content
not to work properly in sidebars after pagination (i.e., the_content() works
in sidebars on page 1 of a paginated post, but not on subsequent pages 2, 3,
4, 5, etc).
* Because of this, I want to disable a sidebar block based on whether or not it’s
the first page of a paginated post. Therefore, the aforementioned solution (for
styling purposes) will not work for me.
* WordPress has some way of knowing what page it is – some kind of property. What
is this property, and how can I create a conditional statement using it?
* Thanks!
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [the_content in sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_content-in-sidebar/)
* [robbono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbono/)
* (@robbono)
* [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_content-in-sidebar/#post-1004343)
* I’m having this exact same problem as documented here:
* [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/311568?replies=6#post-1214730](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/311568?replies=6#post-1214730)
* This bug was reported six months ago, yet it doesn’t seem to have been fixed
yet.
* In my case, I cannot simply echo $post->post_content; because I’m trying to display
a poll using WP-Polls, and WP-Polls only renders the content when it’s accessed
through the_content(); when I echo the post_content, I see this:
* `[poll id="28"]`
* Which is the tag for WP-Polls to display a poll.
* Any ideas on how I can get this to work? Barring that, is there a conditional
tag I can use to check if the post is showing paginated pages 2,3,4,5, etc, so
that I can simply remove this block from display on those pages until the bug
is fixed?
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Strange the_content() behavior on paginated posts is driving me insane!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-the_content-behavior-on-paginated-posts-is-driving-me-insane/)
* Thread Starter [robbono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbono/)
* (@robbono)
* [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-the_content-behavior-on-paginated-posts-is-driving-me-insane/#post-1214199)
* Well, it worked, and it didn’t. Although it solved the problem, now the block
is showing the following:
* `[poll id="28"]`
* Which is the template tag that WP-Poll uses to display a particular poll. It
seems that WP-Polls will only render a poll when it’s accessed through the_content()–
which means that I have a problem, since the_content() doesn’t seem to be working
in sidebars.
* Anyone have any suggestions, or know anything about this bug? In the WP Trac,
it says “Milestone -> 2.8”, but I’m using 2.8 and the bug isn’t fixed.
* Ideas?
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Strange the_content() behavior on paginated posts is driving me insane!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-the_content-behavior-on-paginated-posts-is-driving-me-insane/)
* Thread Starter [robbono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbono/)
* (@robbono)
* [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-the_content-behavior-on-paginated-posts-is-driving-me-insane/#post-1214198)
* I’ve done some more Googling and have found some more posts on the topic. It
seems that a temporary workaround is to use echo $post->post_content. More information
here:
* [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/248632?replies=3](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/248632?replies=3)
* and a WordPress Trac report here:
* [http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-trac/2009-March/039961.html](http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-trac/2009-March/039961.html)
* I’m going to test out the workaround now and I’ll post up here for other people
who want to use the_content() in the sidebar if it works.
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Strange the_content() behavior on paginated posts is driving me insane!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-the_content-behavior-on-paginated-posts-is-driving-me-insane/)
* Thread Starter [robbono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbono/)
* (@robbono)
* [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-the_content-behavior-on-paginated-posts-is-driving-me-insane/#post-1214193)
* Hi t31os_ – thanks for the suggestion! However, when I tried changing the code
as you suggested, as such:
* ```
$polls_cat = "45";
$poll_query = new WP_Query('cat='.$polls_cat.'&showposts=1&orderby=date&order=DESC');
while ($poll_query->have_posts()) : $poll_query->the_post(); setup_postdata($posts); ?>
...
just totally rocked my world – I, too,
use a highly customized frontpage with multiple loops, and I wanted to check
is_home() in the header.php to selectively load image preloading scripts and
other heavy javascripts.
* is_home was totally borked until I used the wp_reset_query() right in front of
the conditional, and now it works perfectly! Rock on! Thanks to t31os_ and tammyhart
for the quick and easy solution!
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