Reputation: 7
I am relatively new to php.
I have a loop in place for my Wordpress posts page - The posts have to alternate between left and right alignments.
I have this working by assigning an even or odd class to each post, however now the latest post does not display on the posts page.
For example, if I have say 5 posts; 4 of the posts will display and the latest post will remain hidden until I make a new post - the previously hidden post will then join the others and the new "latest post" will remain hidden.
I can't figure out why my loop is skipping over the first post, I have already tried adding rewind_posts(); however this created an infinite loop of the same post.
Any help is much appreciated!
<?php
$postcount=1;
while(have_posts()) :
if( ($postcount % 2) == 0 ) $post_class = ' even';
else $post_class = ' odd';
?>
<div class="row">
<div id="stories-box-alt" class="stories-column-circle-main"
style="background-color:transparent;">
<div id="circle-shape" class="post <?php echo $post_class; ?>">
<?php the_post(); ?>
<img src="<?php the_field('post_preview_image'); ?>" class="curve">
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<h3><span class="featured-title"><?php the_field('post_category'); ?> .
</span></h3>
<p><?php the_field('post_preview'); ?><br><a href="<?php the_permalink();
?>">read more...</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php $postcount++;
endwhile; ?>
Upvotes: 0
Views: 450
Reputation: 1077
<?php
$postcount=1;
while(have_posts()) :
?>
<div class="row">
<div id="stories-box-alt" class="stories-column-circle-main"
style="background-color:transparent;">
<div id="circle-shape" class="post <?php if(($postcount % 2) == 0){ ?> even <?php } else{ echo " odd"; }?>">
<?php the_post(); ?>
<img src="<?php the_field('post_preview_image'); ?>" class="curve">
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<h3><span class="featured-title"><?php the_field('post_category'); ?> .
</span></h3>
<p><?php the_field('post_preview'); ?><br><a href="<?php the_permalink();
?>">read more...</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php $postcount++;
endwhile; ?>
OR
<?php echo $postcount % 2 == 0 ? ' even ': ' odd '; ?>
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 266
Basically there is a basic loop in wordpress to make what you want to do : https://wpchannel.com/wordpress/tutoriels-wordpress/afficher-articles-recents-site-wordpress/
You can modify this one with your own properties but this is usually loop used.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 87
Please try to use the_post()
first.
<?php
$postcount=1;
while(have_posts()) :
the_post();
if( ($postcount % 2) == 0 ) $post_class = ' even';
else $post_class = ' odd';
?>
<div class="row">
<div id="stories-box-alt" class="stories-column-circle-main"
style="background-color:transparent;">
<div id="circle-shape" class="post <?php echo $post_class; ?>">
<img src="<?php the_field('post_preview_image'); ?>" class="curve">
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<h3><span class="featured-title"><?php the_field('post_category'); ?> .
</span></h3>
<p><?php the_field('post_preview'); ?><br><a href="<?php the_permalink();
?>">read more...</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php $postcount++;
endwhile; ?>
Upvotes: 0