WordPress Code Snippets

The following snippet can be used to show the posts with the highest number of comments. It displays the posts in a list, but could easily be customized. <?php $popular_posts = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT id, post_title, comment_count FROM {$wpdb->prefix}posts WHERE post_type=’post’ ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 10″); ?> <ul> <?php foreach($popular_posts as $post) : ?> <li> <?php [...]

Displays a link to edit the current post, if a user is logged in and allowed to edit the post. It must be used within The Loop. <?php edit_post_link(__(‘Edit This’)); ?> Source

You can easily breakup long posts into multiple pages. The trick is to use the <!–nextpage–> shortcode. This can help with the flow and break long posts into more digestible chunks. <!–nextpage–> You can see it in action below.

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