Creating a feature post or sticky post in a WordPress blog
October 29, 2007 – 2:19 pm | by Miriam SchwabTo get a post from a specific category to appear at the top of the page above the rest of the posts, and to only change when a new post from that particular category is added, use the following code:
<?php /*?><?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=featured&showposts=1');
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
<div class="featureItem">
<h1>Feature: <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
<p><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> • By <?php the_author_firstname(); ?> <?php the_author_lastname(); ?><br />Tags: <?php STP_PostTags(); ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('Leave a Comment', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></p>
<?php the_content('Read more»'); ?>
</p>
<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate )
continue;?><?php */?>
Obviously, many things above can be changed, like how the titles, categories, tags, etc. are displayed.
3 Responses to “Creating a feature post or sticky post in a WordPress blog”
By Hannit on Oct 30, 2007 | Reply
Two comments:
1. Tags, when using WordPress 2.3 or higher, you should use the_tags() instead of STP_PostTags();
2. Dates, when using the_time(’F j, Y’); you override the user choice of date defined in the general-options part of the wordpress administration panel. I’s use the_date() and the_time() without parameters in order to use the users choice.
By Miriam on Nov 2, 2007 | Reply
Hannit - thanks for your comments. You’re of course right about the tags code. I just cut and paste from a site that still runs on 2.2.
As for your comment about the date, that’s a very interesting point that I never thought about! I’d like to write code snippet about that, and I’ll give you attribution, of course.
By Hannit on Nov 2, 2007 | Reply
you’re very welcome.
writing this snippet sounds good. would love to see it.