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Be The Loop
You Want To
See In The
World
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H’allo there…
I’m Allison.
◎ Feminist. Writer. Lover
of guacamole.
◎ Front-end developer at
WebDevStudios
◎ @allisonplus
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We’re going to go over...
◎ What is The Loop?
◎ The power of customizing WP_Query();
◎ Examples of customizations
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1.
AHHHHHHHHH!
The Loop.
Let’s start with taking a deep breath.
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The loop is PHP code used by
WordPress to display posts.
https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop
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What does it do?
◎ It’s the thing that goes and gets your
content from the database.
◎ Loops over posts to bring in data.
◎ Makes our lives easier!
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The Loop is Lovely
because it...
◎ Saves time
◎ Keeps your code condensed & tidy
◎ Efficient!
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The Loop in real talk.
If there are any posts
And only while there are still posts,
Give me the post!
(if not, do something else)
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What can the Loop output?
◎ Template Tags
◎ HTML your content is wrapped in
◎ Customizations (if any)
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Every Loop has a
query.
The query is the request for the
information your Loop will have
access to.
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In the regular ol’ Loop...
WordPress automatically
loads a global variable to
get the appropriate
content.
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What if I want more?
What if
that loop
isn’t good
enough?
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WP_Query()
Blah blah blah.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
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There’s a few
different ways to
go about this
● WP_Query()
● pre_get_posts()
● query_posts()
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Custom Post Types
For use within plugins &/or widgets
Posts by multiple authors
Why would we need a
custom query?
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WP_Query Ingredients
◎ Define what you’re asking for
◎ Arguments for the query
◎ The Loop
◎ Leave no trace.
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Arguments
Define it.
Loop
Clean-up!
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Arguments
Your arguments feed the query.
The query feeds The Loop.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters
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Define Your Query
$fancy_new_query = new WP_Query( $args );
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The Loop
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Leave No Trace.
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wp_reset_postdata();
Resets the global $post data we’ve
been messing with after a custom
query.
https://codex.wordpress.org/wp_reset_postdata
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Display a sticky post
I can do anything?!
Grabbing a random
selection from a
Custom Post Type
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Random Team Member
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Display a Sticky Post
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Thanks!
Any questions?
Come hang out with me online at:
◎ @allisonplus
◎ [email protected]
◎ allisontarr.com
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