Making 3-4 posts be at the top or archive, but different ones depending

I’ve replaced Elvins code with David’s.

The pages 2 onwards of that tag archive still show the element

I wonder what I’m doing wrong

Any help is greatly appreciated

to confirm yes its a block element

The Block Element has these settings:
Block - Hook
generate_before_main_content

location: Post Tag Archive: Visa

hope that helps

I made a slight mistake in my code. I have updated it here:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/making-3-4-posts-be-at-the-top-or-archive-but-different-ones-depending/#post-1900376

Make sure to update the ID.

perfect it worked! thanks David.

I honestly have no idea how you guys handle looking at code all day. it fries my brain

thank you for you continued help

We start the day with fried brains lol

Glad to be of help!

hahaha

Hi elvin,

ive just noticed that the code to remove posts that are already shown by WPSP isn't working.

as you can see in the link ive sent

the code from that link you supplied which was written by Tom is this:

// Track IDs added by WPSP.
add_action( 'wpsp_before_header', function() {
    global $displayed_posts;
    $displayed_posts[] = get_the_ID();
} );

// Don't output posts already being output.
add_filter( 'generate_do_template_part', function( $do ) {
    global $displayed_posts;

    if ( in_array( get_the_ID(), (array) $displayed_posts )) {
        $do = false;
    }

    return $do;
} );

any idea how to make this work as needed?

I see that 2 of the WPSP posts are not displayed, but 1 is. I've also noticed that maybe its because one of the WPSP position in the normal archive is on page 2. I hope that makes sense

thanks for you help guys

Do you have any Page Caching either plugin or server side ?
If so try clearing the caches.

Hi David. I’ve just double checked all chaching and it’s still showing

Hope you guys can figure it out 🙏

Not sure but lets try adding the global variable earlier in the code.
Keep your existing code, but add this snippet before it:

add_action('init', function(){
    global $displayed_posts;
    $displayed_posts = '';
},100);

As an aside, how are the Featured Posts selected for that archive ? I assume its not the Latest Posts ?

To select the 3 posts I want at the top I just add the page reference number in wpsp. Hope that’s correct.

I’ll try that vide asap

Let us know how that snippet works.

Hi, sorry David. I’m a little confused.

Where do I put that code?

if you mean this, I added it and the site broke

add_action('init', function(){
    global $displayed_posts;
    $displayed_posts = '';
},100);
add_filter( 'generate_element_display', function( $display, $element_id ) {
    if ( 13152 === $element_id && is_paged() ) { 
        $display = false;
    } 

    return $display;
}, 10, 2 );

Remove the snippet for the time being.
I'll relook at the options.