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Posted by buckaroobanzai
buckaroobanzai
482 Points

Posts don't appear in WordPress theme.

I have been following along with the WordPress theme development lessons, designing my own theme based on a static website design.

Everything was working correctly until I added the loop code. My header and footer appear, and the css seems to be working correctly. However, the div where my posts should be is completely blank.

I've double-checked my header, footer, index, and function files, but I still can't figure it out. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Here is my index.php file, for reference:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<section class="row">
      <div class="small-12 columns text-center">
        <div class="leader">

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

<?php endwhile; else : ?>
    <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
        </div>
      </div>
    </section>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

2 Answers

Robert Mehew
Robert Mehew
2,427 Points
Robert Mehew
Robert Mehew
2,427 Points

In your loop there is nothing to show any data.

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

<?php endwhile; ?>

Compared to something like this:

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

Good luck!

buckaroobanzai
buckaroobanzai
482 Points

It worked, thank you very much!

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

What is the "_e" for in your else statement? You don't need to come in and out of php tags for that anyways:

<?php endwhile; else : ?>
    <p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
<?php endif; ?>
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

Sorry, didn't notice this was for WP. I see why you used _e

buckaroobanzai
buckaroobanzai
482 Points

No problem, thanks anyways.