WordPress Posts

Query and display posts in WordPress.

Installation

Install via composer:

composer require grottopress/wordpress-posts

Usage

<?php
declare (strict_types = 1);

use GrottoPress\WordPress\Posts;

// Instantiate Posts
$posts = new Posts([
    'image' => [
        'size' => 'some-size', //could be array (eg: array(150,150)) or string (eg: 'post-thubnail')
        'margin' => '0 10px 0 0',
    ],
    'excerpt' => [
        'length' => 30, // number of words. use -1 for all
        'after' => [
            'types' => ['category', 'post_tag']
        ]
    ],
    'title' => [
        'position' => 'top' // either 'top' or 'side' of image
        'tag' => 'h1', // 'h2' by default,
        'before' => [
            'types' => ['share_link', 'tweet_link'],
        ],
        'after' => [
            'types' => ['author_name', 'published_date', 'comments_link'],
        ]
    ],
    'wp_query' => [ // WP_Query args
        // See https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
    ]
]);

// Display posts
echo $posts->render();

You may use the styles defined in dist/css in your theme (or plugin):

\add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', function () {
    $css = \is_rtl() ? 'posts-rtl.css' : 'posts.css';

    \wp_enqueue_style(
        'wordpress-posts',
        \get_stylesheet_directory_uri()."/vendor/grottopress/wordpress-posts/dist/css/$css"
    );
});

Arguments

Full list of arguments, with their defaults, are as follows:

$args = [
    'class' => 'small', // Wrapper HTML classes
    'tag' => 'div', // Wrapper HTML tag. Use 'ul' for list posts.
    'layout' => 'stack', // 'stack' or 'grid'
    'text_offset' => 0, // Distance from image side to text (title, excerpt)
    'related_to' => 0, // Post ID. Use this for related posts
    'image' => [
        'size' => '',
        'align' => '', // 'left', 'right' or 'none'
        'margin' => '',
        'link' => true,
    ],
    'excerpt' => [
        'length' => 0, // Number of words. Use -1 for full excerpt, -2 for full content
        'paginate' => 1, // If showing full content, whether or not to paginate.
        'more_text' => \esc_html__('read more'),
        'after' => [
            'types' => [], // Info to display after content/excerpt
            'separator' => '|',
            'before' => '<small class="entry-meta after-content">',
            'after' => '</small>',
        ],
    ],
    'title' => [
        'tag' => 'h2',
        'position' => '', // Relative to image: 'top' or 'side'
        'length' => -1, // Number of words. Use -1 for full length
        'link' => true,
        'before' => [
            'types' => [], // Info to display before title
            'separator' => '|',
            'before' => '<small class="entry-meta before-title">',
            'after' => '</small>',
        ],
        'after' => [
            'types' => [], // Info to display after title
            'separator' => '|',
            'before' => '<small class="entry-meta after-title">',
            'after' => '</small>',
        ],
    ],
    'pagination' => [
        'position' => [], // 'top' and/or 'bottom'
        'key' => '', // URL query key to use for pagination. Defaults to 'pag'.
        'mid_size' => null,
        'end_size' => null,
        'prev_text' => \esc_html__('&larr; Previous'),
        'next_text' => \esc_html__('Next &rarr;'),
    ],
    'wp_query' => [ // WP_Query args
        // See https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
    ]
]

Posts info

The following are possible values you may supply to $args['title']['before']['types'], $args['title']['after']['types'] and $args['excerpt']['after']['types']:

• avatar__<size> eg: avatar__40
• updated_ago, updated_ago__actual, updated_ago__difference
• published_ago, published_ago__actual, published_ago__difference
• author_name
• comments_link
• updated_date
• updated_time
• published_date
• published_time
• category_list or category
• tag_list or post_tag
• edit_link
• delete_link
• tweet_button
• sharethis_button
• share_link
• tweet_link
• pin_link
• linkedin_link
• buffer_link
• digg_link
• tumblr_link
• reddit_link
• blogger_link
• pocket_link
• skype_link
• viber_link
• whatsapp_link
• telegram_link
• vk_link
• The name of a filter hook. A function should then be defined and added to that filter. Function args: string $output, int $post_id, string $separator.
• A post meta key. This would display a single meta value for that key.
• A taxonomy name. This would display a list of all terms of that taxonomy the post was assigned to.

Social media icons

If you would like to show icons for social links, you need to install font awesome v5.

Development

Run tests with composer run test.

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Switch to the master branch: git checkout master
3. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
4. Make your changes, updating changelog and documentation as appropriate.
5. Commit your changes: git commit
6. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
7. Submit a new Pull Request against the GrottoPress:master branch.