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Nicholas Anderson
5,420 PointsDisplaying Custom Posts and Fields in a Template
It seems that when adding in the custom work posts, only the most recent post will show. Here is my work.php. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
<?php
/*
Template Name: Work Page
*/
get_header();
?>
<p>This is the work.php</p>
<?php
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'work' );
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<?php the_field( 'description' ); ?>
<hr>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p>404 Message</p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
8 Answers
Nicholas Anderson
5,420 PointsI noticed that it wasn't displaying the "There are no pages or posts" piece in the loop so I started from scratch... It WORKED!!! Thanks for all the help! So stoked for the next module on WP!
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherDo you mean the most recent blog posts or recent projects?
Nicholas Anderson
5,420 PointsThe recent projects.. I have three projects added in the admin console and only the most recent will display. Thanks!
Jake Harris
1,734 PointsHi, fellas. I'm stuck at this same part, and I think I may have missed a part of the project.
Can anyone point me to the video where we added projects? All I can find in the history is adding in posts in the category 'Work.'
Jake Harris
1,734 PointsDid a little more digging and discovered what I was missing. Here's how I fixed my issue, hopefully this will help someone else. If you're missing the "Dr. Wattz," "Shirts 4 Mike," & "Stop Visual Pollution" content, this is the solution.
I received the badge for the first section of videos,"Content Strategy with WordPress", but somehow, I never saw the final video in which we install a couple plugins and setup the custom post type entitled "Adding Custom Content to the Site".
At the end download the Project Files and add the content. There's a ,txt file ("work-projects.txt") with the relevant details for each project.
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherSo you added three in the backend. Check. And how many are showing up on the front-end? You can use the posts_per_page parameter to hard code 'x' number of posts to test it.
Nicholas Anderson
5,420 PointsOkay so I added in the 'posts_per_page' parameter and it still only shows just one. Here's the code I added.
<?php
$args = array(
'posts_per_page=' => 3,
'post_type' => 'work'
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherWhat does the code for your Loop opening look like?
Nicholas Anderson
5,420 Points<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherHmm, if you mark that most recent project to draft what shows up?
Nicholas Anderson
5,420 PointsThe next project in line.
Gautam Thapar
5,265 PointsMay be try it without the if condition.
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherOh good! I was getting stumped there
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherThanks for posting this up!