WP Loop only working on Index.php ?? WordPress
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Hi,
I am a noob to Wordpress, and have ran into a small difficulty.
My problem is, I have a Loop in my footer.php file , which <strong>shows 3 posts in a random order</strong>, which is shown below :
<?php $posts = get_posts("numberposts=3&category_name=graphics,branding,misc,webdesign&orderby=rand" ); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="left-column">
<?php if ( (function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail()) ) : ?>
<div class="post-thumb post-lead">
<a title="<?php printf(__('Go to %s', 'framework'), get_the_title()); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('home-thumb'); /* post thumbnail settings configured in functions.php */ ?></a>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
This works like a charm on my Index page when the footer is called, but whenever the footer is being called on another page template, the loop <strong>only shows 1 random post instead of 3</strong>...
Any Help?
Regards,
Neal
Answers (2)
Christianto answers:
Hi Neal,
get_posts will return an object, its not change any global query
<?php $posts = get_posts("numberposts=3&category_name=graphics,branding,misc,webdesign&orderby=rand" ); ?>
<?php foreach($posts as $footerpost) {?>
<div id="left-column">
<?php if ( (function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail()) ) : ?>
<div class="post-thumb post-lead">
<a title="<?php printf(__('Go to %s', 'framework'), $footerpost->title); ?>" href="<?php echo get_permalink($footerpost->ID); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('home-thumb'); /* post thumbnail settings configured in functions.php */ ?></a>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php echo $footerpost->post_excerpt; ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
I'm not sure about the_post_thumbnail function is this custom function?
or you can create a new query for the loop..
<?php $posts = new WP_Query("numberposts=3&category_name=graphics,branding,misc,webdesign&orderby=rand" ); ?>
<?php if ( $posts->have_posts() ) : while ( $posts->have_posts() ) : $posts->the_post(); ?>
<div id="left-column">
<?php if ( (function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail()) ) : ?>
<div class="post-thumb post-lead">
<a title="<?php printf(__('Go to %s', 'framework'), get_the_title()); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('home-thumb'); /* post thumbnail settings configured in functions.php */ ?></a>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
Neal Mullen comments:
Christianto .... you absolute life saver! Thank you so much!
Christianto comments:
Ok, the_post_thumbnail function is wordpress function so if you use get_posts instead of creating new query please change my first code to
<?php $posts = get_posts("numberposts=3&category_name=graphics,branding,misc,webdesign&orderby=rand" ); ?>
<?php foreach($posts as $footerpost) {?>
<div id="left-column">
<?php if ( (function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail($footerpost->ID)) ) : ?>
<div class="post-thumb post-lead">
<a title="<?php printf(__('Go to %s', 'framework'), $footerpost->title); ?>" href="<?php echo get_permalink($footerpost->ID); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail($footerpost->ID,'home-thumb'); /* post thumbnail settings configured in functions.php */ ?></a>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php echo $footerpost->post_excerpt; ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
Let me know if it works, and thumbnail is appear..
Thanks
Kristin Falkner answers:
You probably need to make use of
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
Right after your main post loops on category, archive, etc. pages
Neal Mullen comments:
I've tried that, pretty much everywhere possible, but unfortunately that doesnt seem to be the fix :(