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Carla Thomas
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Carla Thomas
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 16,039 Points
Posted by Carla Thomas
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Carla Thomas
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 16,039 Points

One Page Site: loop not working

I am following along with the "One Page Site" tutorial. The following is what I have in the one-page-site.php template which should loop all pages on the Home page but it isn't working.

Please help.

<?php
/**
 * Template Name: One Page Site
 *
 * @package One Page Theme
 */

get_header(); ?>

    <div id="primary" class="content-area">
        <main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

    <?php
        $args = array(
            'post_type' => 'page',
            'order' => 'ASC');
        $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
    ?>

    <?php if ( have_posts() ): while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>  

    <?php get_template_part( 'content', 'page' ); ?>

    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

        </main><!-- #main -->
    </div><!-- #primary -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

1 Answer

Ben Griffith
Ben Griffith
5,808 Points
Ben Griffith
Ben Griffith
5,808 Points

Looks like your if statement is not checking the right condition.

Try changing it from;

 if ( have_posts() ):

to

 if ( $the_query->have_posts() ):

Hope this helps :)

Ben Griffith
Ben Griffith
5,808 Points
Ben Griffith
Ben Griffith
5,808 Points

Given your original code a go and it works fine for me... so makes me suspect that there's a problem elsewhere. Not sure what to suggest.. sorry!

Edit: Sorry if this is a silly question that may seem obvious, but have you made some pages in wordpress (not posts)? Does it work if you switch the post_type in your query to 'posts' ?