I'm using wordpress 3.1
I got 3 types of custom types : videos, galleries and podcasts. They use the default taxonomy categories.
When viewing a single custom post let's say a video, the next_post_link() (or previous_post_link) function works as planed but it links only to the next or previous post from this custom post type.
How could I get it to display the next post from any post type? tried to search hours on google without finding anything relevant to this. Anyone facing the same issue?
You'll need to remove the post_type clause from the SQL query used to retrieve the adjacent post. This can be done by hooking into the get_next_post_where and get_previous_post_where filters, although it's not ideal as the SQL query is passed as a single string.
add_filter('get_next_post_where', 'my_get_adjacent_post_where_filter');
add_filter('get_previous_post_where', 'my_get_adjacent_post_where_filter');
function my_get_adjacent_post_where_filter($sql) {
return preg_replace("/ AND p.post_type = '[^']*'/", '', $sql);
}
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I have a business goal forcing me to try to change the global wordpress query after the URL has been determined, but before the templates start outputting variables in the context of the original post. I need to be able to use a plugin to check some meta values on the original post, and then change the query to represent another post object to display different data without changing the url.
I've tried using setup_postdata() what seems like everywhere.
(tried including wp_reset_query();)
global $post;
$post = get_post(145, OBJECT );
setup_postdata($post);
However, the template is still outputting the original query.
I'm open to other solutions. Thanks in advance.
add_action('wp_loaded', function(){
query_posts(array('p'=>145,'post_type' =>'any'));
});
This worked out fine. It can be added just about anywhere. However, it messes up page templates, and displays pages as if they're single.php!!! If I can get around that, then I'll be in good shape. Help?
EDIT: Got it working. I have to check and use p for posts, and page_id for pages. So long as those are set, the templates will follow correctly. Otherwise it was trying to apply the standard post template to pages.
I want to have ability to choose for each page what post should appear in a sidebar, from multiple posts type. So I understand that I need a meta box with a dropdown list of all posts, but I don't know how to build this in functions.
I only found this solution which is quite similar to what I want, but this doesn't help me to much, because I can only choose from a single post type and display only in post pages.
There is a free plugin that will solve all of your woes. It's called ACF or Advanced Custom Fields. It has the ability to add a list of posts to a field and attach that field to pages. Here's how you'd do it:
First install the plugin and navigate to the custom fields screen. Setup your field exactly like this:
Then in the options below that section you need to select these options:
That will tell ACF to put the field only on pages. After you have set that up you will get a little sidebar block like this:
You can then select each post for the page and it will return that object on the frontend. You do need to use a little code to get the frontend to spit out the posts you need. Here is the code to get a frontend option from ACF. Inside of the sidebar.php file you need to add this code:
global $post; // Get the global post object
$sidebar_posts = get_field('posts', $post->ID); // Get the field using the post ID
foreach($sidebar_posts as $sidebar_post){ // Loop through posts
echo $sidebar_post->post_title; // Echo the post title
}
This will simply loop through the posts you select and echo out the title. You can do more with this by adding some other Wordpress post functions using setup_postdata(). This will allow you to do things like the_title() and the_content().
Hope this helps!
The Wordpress site I'm working on has a section for "News" (which is the regular blog/posts) which will be used for any news the company has to write about. Then I have a custom post type for Promotions, which has it's own page.
I want the client to be able to add his promotion content through the custom post type, which is going on the Promotions page, however I'd like this content to also be "cross posted" into the blog/news without forcing the client to write it up twice.
Is there a way to do this? Thanks.
Just a note: The reason I have the promotions as a custom type on it's own instead of just having them do it all from the blog is because I needed custom fields that would be unnecessary for any other kind of blog post.
Two options:
1) Use the Shortcode API
And in your cross-post you'd add the shortcode [crosspost id="POST-ID"]. Where POST-ID corresponds to the numeric ID of the other post (post type). Instead of ID, the title could be used, see the function get_page_by_title.
Create your own plugin for this. Add a sample shortcode from the Codex and use the function get_post to get the contents of the cross-post.
2) Use Advanced Custom Fields plugin
With it, adding meta boxes with custom fields is a breeze. And it has a Post Object field that's basically a Cross Post functionality.
You could do it a lot more simply by adding a filter to wp_insert_data(). For example, in your theme's functions.php file add the following:
add_filter('wp_insert_post_data', 'post_to_other', 99, 2);
That filter will then run anytime you add a new post. In the function post_to_other(), you look to see what type of post is being submitted. If it's a promotion, then insert a second copy as a News item.
function post_to_other($post_id, $post){
/** check $post to see what type it is, if it's a promotion */
if($post->post_type == 'promotion'){
$second_post = array(
'post_type'=> 'post',
'post_title'=> $post->post_title,
'post_name' =>$post->post_name,
'post_content'=> $post->post_content,
'post_author'=> $post->post_author,
'post_status'=> 'publish',
'tax_input'=> array('taxonomy_name'=>array('news'))
);
wp_insert_post($second_post);
}
}
I'm running out the door so I don't have time to double check the exact code but that's the basic structure of it. The tax_input bit is optional, lets you specify a category if you want. You'll probably need to tweak it a bit but that's the basics.
I wonder if I could ask a Wordpress / RSS question I could't find an answer for around here,
Trying to syndicate posts via RSS in Wordpress using the FeedWordpress plugin as an RSS aggregator, each post in the original blog includes five custom fields that are important for its Theme functionality (the original and syndicating / receiving blog using the same theme).
The original RSS2 feed doesn't include these custom fields apart from one, being enclosure, that is defined in the default rss feed template (function in WP rss_enclosure).
This is written in the original feed such as:
<enclosure url="http://www.samplevideourl.flv" length="18554755" type="video/x-flv" />
Tried to add the rest of the custom fields modifying the rss2-feed.php template so they show at the end of each segment in the current RSS2 feed, now they are included as for example:
...
<ratings_average>0</ratings_average>
<views>5</views>
</item>
However, if I update the syndicated posts, or delete the posts and fetch the modified feed again with feedwordpress, none of these show in the syndicated posts.
Is there a way to include these custom fields so they are recognized by feedwordpress?
Basically need to syndicate the same format of the post as the original including all its custom fields.
Many Thanks
Carlos
There is a thread that covers this: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/3801/add-custom-fields-to-custom-post-type-rss
I've condensed the answers there to reflect the later improvements (thanks MikeSchinkel, prettyboymp and Acts7).
Add this to your theme's functions.php:
/* IN ORDER TO VALIDATE you must add namespace */
add_action('rss2_ns', 'my_rss2_ns');
function my_rss2_ns(){
echo 'xmlns:mycustomfields="'. get_bloginfo('wpurl').'"'."\n";
}
add_action('rss2_item', 'yoursite_rss2_item');
function yoursite_rss2_item() {
if (get_post_type()=='my_custom_post_type') {
$fields = array( 'field1', 'field2', 'field3' );
$post_id = get_the_ID();
foreach($fields as $field)
if ($value = get_post_meta($post_id,$field,true))
echo "<mycustomfields:{$field}>{$value}</mycustomfields:{$field}>\n";
}
}
This will add all custom field names and values to the site's main feed.
Note, for custom fields with more than one value, a modification is necessary as the above will only work for single value fields, not arrays.
So,
On your Master site (where you are syndicating FROM) you add the above function.
On the Slave site (where you are syndicating TO), assuming you have FeedWordPress installed, go to "SYNDICATION" ->
Click on the name of the RSS feed
Go to Custom Feed Settings and plug in the pieces
BACKGROUND
I have used WordPress custom post types to create a newsletter section for my website. Newsletters consist of Articles (dm_article), which are grouped by the Issues taxonomy (dm_issues).
1) I have created an index of all of my newsletter Articles. I am using a template called taxonomy-dm_issues.php to loop within a selected Issue and display each Article's title, excerpt and a link to the full content, which is managed by single-dm_article.php. This is working great.
2) I would also like to create second taxonomy-based template for Issues. This is going to act as a print-friendly option: "print entire newsletter". I would like the template to loop through and display each Article title, excerpt, and long description. Some of the look and feel will also be different.
For #2, let's assume I've created a template called print-dm_issues.php. It currently looks identical to taxonomy-dm_issues.php, except it has the additional long description data for each Article and contains some different styling.
I want to setup this "print friendly" option without making the WordPress admin have to jump through any hoops when Issues and Articles are created. I also do not want to have to create a new template each time a new Issue is created.
CORE QUESTION:
What I am asking for may boil down to this: How can I create my own WordPress template outside of the expected hierarchy of templates and feed a query to it? Do note I am using the "month and name" common permalink structure, so I'll have to muck with my htaccess.
ALTERNATIVES:
1) My fallback is to have taxonomy-dm_issues.php contain the information for both variations and use style to handle the different view states. I know how to do this. But, I'd rather not do this for sake of load times.
2) Using Ajax to fetch all of the Article long descriptions (the_content()) with a single click is an option, but I don't know how.
3) ???
With or without clean URLs, you can pass variables based on your taxonomies through the links query string if you want to only return a single taxonomy term and style the page differently depending on the term.
$taxonomyTerm = $_GET['dm_issues'];
$args=array(
'post_type' => 'dm_article',
'dm_issues' => $taxonomyTerm,
'post_status' => 'publish',
);
There is reference to this int he Wordpress 'query_posts' documentation by passing variable into your query parameters: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Example_4
For instance in the link below, the title is generated based on the sting in the URL.
http://lph.biz/areas-we-serve/service-region/?region=Conestoga
You can set up a parameter that will return a default value if the page is reached without the variable being defined. See below:
if (empty($taxonomyTerm)) {
$taxonomyTerm = 'Default Value';
}
You can create a separate page template. Define the template name at the top of your PHP document:
<?php
/*
Template Name: Printed Page Template
*/
Place your custom query, including all of the content that you need output in this page template... In your WP admin, create a new blank page and assign your new 'Printed Page Template' template to this page. Save it and view the page.