Day 31 - PitchEngine/code-wyoming GitHub Wiki

#Function Reference

Templating Functions

  • get_header() for header.php
  • get_sidebar() for sidebar.php
  • get_footer() for footer.php

Plugin Hooks

  • wp_head()
  • wp_footer()
  • wp_meta()

Escape Attributes

esc_attr() the_title_attribute()

Getting User Values

wp_title

wp_nav_menu

  • container ('div')
  • container_class
  • container_id
  • menu_class
  • menu_id
Multiple Menus

theme_location($slug) register_nav_menu($slug, $user_friendly_description) (functions.php)

The Loop

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- loop it up! -->
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
<?php endif; ?>

Inside the loop

See template tags for the full documentation on what you can do in The Loop.

Title, Date, Author, & Post Link

  • the_permalink()
  • the_title() or the_title('before', 'after')
  • the_title_attribute()
  • the_time()
  • the_author()
<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>

Post Tags

<?php the_tags( $before, $sep, $after ); ?>

Post Body

The Content

  • the_content('Read more link text')
<?php the_content("Continue reading " . the_title('', '', false)); ?>

The Excerpt

Strips HTML (including imgs) and cuts down to 55 words. No readmore link.

: Content vs Excerpt

<?php if ( is_category() || is_archive() ) {
	the_excerpt();
} else {
	the_content();
} ?>

Pagination

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

<!-- Add the pagination functions here. -->

<!-- Start of the main loop. -->
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();  ?>

<!-- the rest of your theme's main loop -->

<?php endwhile; ?>
<!-- End of the main loop -->

<!-- Add the pagination functions here. -->

<div class="nav-previous alignleft"><?php next_posts_link( 'Older posts' ); ?></div>
<div class="nav-next alignright"><?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer posts' ); ?></div>

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

Frameworks

⚠️ **GitHub.com Fallback** ⚠️