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Generate_do_template_part ( 'archive' ) custom post
3 replies · Started by Matic on March 9, 2022
Hi,
I'm creating a custom homepage that would look something like this:
HEADER
#Some text
Custom_post_1 Custom_post_2 Custom_post_3
#Some text
Custom_post_4 Custom_post_5 Custom_post_6
#Some text
Custom_post_7 Custom_post_8 Custom_post_9
But to do that, I can't just use custom hooks, but actually create a home.php, which I have.
For a certain Custom_post_1 Custom_post_2 Custom_post_3, I wrote the following code:
<?php
if (generate_has_default_loop())
{
if (have_posts()):
do_action('generate_before_loop', 'archive');
$thePostIdArray = array(
"1",
"2",
"3"
); /* Some custom post IDs */
$limit = 3;
while (have_posts()):
the_post();
$counter++;
if ($counter < $limit + 1):
$post_id = $thePostIdArray[$counter - 1];
generate_do_template_part('archive', get_post_format($post_id));
endif;
endwhile;
else:
endif;
} ?>This code still outputs the most recent 3 posts and not the "1", "2", and "3". I realize that I need to somehow convey these post IDs, probably through generate_do_template_part, but I don't know how.
I couldn't find any useful documentation either (this didn't help). I tried reverse engineering via theme-fuctions.php lines 560-586, but I couldn't figure it out.
Could you please help me with that?
Hi there,
if you did not have the text between each row of 3 posts, would we just see the 9 latest posts ?
Hi David,
No these would be some custom (hand-picked) posts. I chose post ID examples 1-9 for readability
EDIT: I realize I could create the same static HTML as the archive has and then manually add various attributes, like thumbnail, title, link, etc.
EDIT #2: I found a solution using foreach. I don't if it's the best out there, but it gets the job done.
If it helps anyone in the future, here's the code:
$ids = array("1", "2", "3"); /* Use your actual post IDs */
foreach ($ids as $id ) {
$post = get_post ( $id );
setup_postdata( $post );
generate_do_template_part( 'archive' );
}Cheers,
Matic
Glad to hear that and thanks for sharing
