Duplicates shown on category.php file due to multiple queries WordPress
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I have a category of testimonials, in different sub-categories of my testimonials category. This code is on the category-#.php template file for the parent "testimonials" category, as I want to show all of the testimonials.
If a testimonial is in a particular category (45), it will have extra information to show that the testimonials in the other category don't have. When the loop returns a testimonial in category 45, I want it to query another post in a different category (which is an online profile (no I can't use the WordPress users functionality)), and get some information from it, such as the title and the attached thumbnail.
Annoyingly the second query that gets the thumbnail and the title causes posts to be displayed twice or more. I think a wp_reset_query or something somewhere should fix it, but I cannot figure out where.
Here's the code:
<?php query_posts('cat=41,42,43,44,45&paged=' . get_query_var('paged')); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php $thumbid = get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID); ?>
<?php if(in_category(45)) { ?>
<div class="post <?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php $key = 'quote_reader'; ?>
<?php $themeta = get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, TRUE); ?>
<?php $readerpicture = new WP_Query('showposts=1&cat=4&meta_key=reader_id&meta_value='. $themeta . ''); ?>
<?php if($readerpicture->have_posts()) : ?><?php while($readerpicture->have_posts()) : $readerpicture->the_post(); ?>
<?php $thumbid = get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID); ?>
<div class="left">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo wp_get_attachment_url($thumbid); ?>&h=120&w=120&zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" width="120" height="120" /></a>
<?php $key2 = 'reader_name'; ?>
<?php $readername = get_post_meta($post->ID, $key2, TRUE); ?>
<?php $permalink = get_permalink(); ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>
<div class="right">
<h2>Reader: <span><a href="<?= $permalink; ?>"><?php echo $readername; ?> ID <?php echo $themeta; ?></a></span></h2>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<p>
Author: <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "quote_author", $single = true); ?> |
Date: <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "quote_date", $single = true); ?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="cboth"></div>
</div>
<?php } else { ?>
<div class="post <?php the_title(); ?>">
<div class="left">
<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo wp_get_attachment_url($thumbid); ?>&h=120&w=120&zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" width="120" height="120" />
</div>
<div class="right">
<h2><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "quote_author", $single = true); ?> </h2>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
<div class="cboth"></div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); } ?>
<?php endif; ?>
Answers (3)
Bill Hunt answers:
The second query is overriding the first, so we can put the first in a temp variable until we're ready for it:
<?php $temp_query = $wp_query; ?>
<?php $readerpicture = new WP_Query('showposts=1&cat=4&meta_key=reader_id&meta_value='. $themeta . ''); ?>
...
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php $wp_query = $temp_query; ?>
Dan Davies comments:
That hasn't fixed it unfortunately. My code is now:
<?php if(in_category(45)) { ?>
<div class="post <?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php $key = 'quote_reader'; ?>
<?php $themeta = get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, TRUE); ?>
<?php $temp_query = $wp_query; ?>
<?php $readerpicture = new WP_Query('showposts=1&cat=4&meta_key=reader_id&meta_value='. $themeta . ''); ?>
<?php if($readerpicture->have_posts()) : ?><?php while($readerpicture->have_posts()) : $readerpicture->the_post(); ?>
<?php $thumbid = get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID); ?>
<div class="left">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo wp_get_attachment_url($thumbid); ?>&h=120&w=120&zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" width="120" height="120" /></a>
<?php $key2 = 'reader_name'; ?>
<?php $readername = get_post_meta($post->ID, $key2, TRUE); ?>
<?php $permalink = get_permalink(); ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php $wp_query = $temp_query; ?>
</div>
<div class="right">
<h2>Reader: <span><a href="<?= $permalink; ?>"><?php echo $readername; ?> ID <?php echo $themeta; ?></a></span></h2>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<p>
Author: <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "quote_author", $single = true); ?> |
Date: <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "quote_date", $single = true); ?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="cboth"></div>
</div>
<?php } else { ?>
<div class="post <?php the_title(); ?>">
<div class="left">
<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo wp_get_attachment_url($thumbid); ?>&h=120&w=120&zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" width="120" height="120" />
</div>
<div class="right">
<h2><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "quote_author", $single = true); ?> </h2>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
<div class="cboth"></div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); } ?>
<?php endif; ?>
Bill Hunt comments:
Well, you don't need this:
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
Aside from that, it should work fine. Got a link to what you're seeing?
Oleg Butuzov answers:
tutorial #2
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/10/10-useful-wordpress-loop-hacks/