Create A Page Of Posts In Wordpress

thanks so much for the detailed explanation! ive been trying to do this for a long time but with no success. At first your instructions werent working for me (possible due to my theme), but I found that I needed to add

?> to the 3rd box of code (above):
 
<?php if ( is_page('29') ) {
  $cat = array(1);
}
 
$args = array(
  'category__in'     =

As the second person to comlpain about the   tags I have updated the post to include it. Glad you liked it! :)

This is exactly what I want to do. Unfortunately I have zero experience with coding. Does this only work by writing code? If not, could you point me to an explanation of how to do this using the visual editor? Thanks much from one very, very new to Wordpress!

I dont know PHP, i just plugged this in and tweaked a few things and it just worked. Awesome. Thanks so much!

Dear Philip, above there you have shared a great code-base knowledge indeed, for a half-part it's working, but at the end of post, "next and previous post" sections in my page of post still linked to my Home (main) page ...

I have made template page as your instrustions like this (your code suggestion was customized to suit with my blog-template):

     $cat,
  'caller_get_posts' => 1
);
 
if ( $paged > 1 ) {
  $args['paged'] = $paged;
}
 
$my_query = new WP_Query($args); ?>
 
have_posts() ) : ?>
  have_posts() ) :
  $my_query->the_post(); ?>
    in_the_loop = true;
    ?>
 
 
     138 && get_option('thumbnail_crop') == 1) {
        the_post_thumbnail(array(138,138));
        echo "";
        }else{
        the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail');
        echo "";
    }
    endif;
     ?>
    in  category 
 
            <!--
            google_ad_client = "pub-1883611094826455";
            /* 120x600, created 3/10/11 */
            google_ad_slot = "4391337471";
            google_ad_width = 120;
            google_ad_height = 600;
            //-->
 
 
 
 
 
 
     id="post-">
 
 
 
 
 
      '); ?> 
 
 
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          max_num_pages;
        }
 
        if ( !$paged ) {
          $paged = 1;
        }
        $nextpage = intval($paged) + 1;
 
        if ( !is_single() && ( empty($paged) || $nextpage ". preg_replace('/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/', '&$1', '« Older Entries') .'';
        }
        ?>
           1 ) {
          $attr = apply_filters( 'previous_posts_link_attributes', '' );
          echo '". preg_replace( '/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/', '&$1', 'Newer Entries »' ) .'';
        }
        ?>
 
 
 

but still, my best-deals-guide's page of post, in the end, linked to my home (main) page. I have tried this code in my localhost server. But  next if i succeed (and big big hope you kindly help me) i'll be show it up in my live blog www.bestdealscomputers.net

Can you tell me what is going on?

thanks

I think there are a couple of issues with the code you have posted that might point you in the right direction.

The first is that you have added your pagination display links outside of The Loop, which means there is no context for the link functions to look at when creating the URL.

Also, your pagination is displayed in the section that  is printed if no pages are found. I'm not sure if this is what you are trying to do, but it might be causing you some issues?

Hello Philip, thank you very much for your attention, you really have very much helped me ... page that dream has been live on my blog, look at this... haha.

Yes indeed it was actually copy-paste from cNet, but the important thing I want to show you, that all I have carried out your instructions ... and the results are wonderful.

But there is little problem, when i'm in page Best Deals Guide, then follow the post title-link (according to me, it means entering into the single post page) ... in it, the pagination section still showing previous post in main page (that means also still bring up a link to a post from another category).

I have a few more questions, if you do not mind,

• Can it be, when entered into the single post page, the pagination does not create a link previous post from the main page (which is actually from another category). Here I show the code from my blog, single.php file
:

	 id="post-">
 
 138 && get_option('thumbnail_crop') == 1) {
    the_post_thumbnail(array(138,138));
    echo "";
	}else{
    the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail');
    echo "";
}
endif;
 ?>
By  Posted in 
 
            <!--
            google_ad_client = "pub-1883611094826455";
            /* 120x600, created 3/10/11 */
            google_ad_slot = "4391337471";
            google_ad_width = 120;
            google_ad_height = 600;
            //-->
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
				Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
 
				 'Pages: ', 'after' => '', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
 
 
 
 
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tweetmeme_url = '<?php the_permalink() ?>';
tweetmeme_source = 'WPTricksNet';
tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly';
 
 
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      previous%link') ?>
 
 
      next%link') ?>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Philip, Thank you so much if you can help, and I apologize if I have a lot of hassle you.

NB: Here is the code Best Deals Guide page template that I have revised according to your advice

<?php /**
 *Template Name: best-deals-guide
 */
??><?php get_header(); ??><div class="grid_8" role="main">
 
    <?php if ( is_page('1837') ) {
  $cat = array(680);
} else {
  $cat = '';
}
 
$args = array(
  'category__in'     =?> $cat,
  'caller_get_posts' => 1
);
 
if ( $paged > 1 ) {
  $args['paged'] = $paged;
}
 
$my_query = new WP_Query($args); ?>
 
<?php if ( $my_query-?>have_posts() ) : ?>
  <?php while ( $my_query-?>have_posts() ) :
  $my_query->the_post(); ?>
    <?php //necessary to show the tags
    global $wp_query;
    $wp_query-?>in_the_loop = true;
    ?>
 
    <div class="grid_2 alpha mita">
    <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ):
    if(get_option('thumbnail_size_w') ?> 138 && get_option('thumbnail_crop') == 1) {
        the_post_thumbnail(array(138,138));
        echo "<br />";
        }else{
        the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail');
        echo "<br />";
    }
    endif;
     ?>
    <span><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ??><br />in <?php the_category(', ') ??> category <?php edit_post_link('e', ' [', '] '); ??></span>
        <br class="clear" /><hr /><div class="grid_2 alpha">
            <script type="text/javascript">
<!--//--><![CDATA[// ><!--
<!--
            google_ad_client = "pub-1883611094826455";
            /* 120x600, created 3/10/11 */
            google_ad_slot = "4391337471";
            google_ad_width = 120;
            google_ad_height = 600;
            //-->
 
//--><!]]>
</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
<!--//--><![CDATA[// ><!--
 
 
//--><!]]>
</script></div>
    </div>
 
<div class="grid_6 omega">
 
    <div post_class=""> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ??>">
      <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ??></a></h2>
 
      <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('+ Continue Reading'); ??></div>
 
      <?php if(function_exists('stt_terms_list')) echo stt_terms_list() ;??><p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br /?>'); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ??></p>
			</div>
 
    <?php endwhile; ??><div class="navigation">
          <div class="alignleft"><?php if ( !$max_page ) {
          $max_page = $my_query-?>max_num_pages;
        }
 
        if ( !$paged ) {
          $paged = 1;
        }
        $nextpage = intval($paged) + 1;
 
        if ( !is_single() && ( empty($paged) || $nextpage ". preg_replace('/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/', '&$1', '« Older Entries') .'';
        }
        ?></div>
          <div class="alignright"><?php if ( !is_single() && $paged ?> 1 ) {
          $attr = apply_filters( 'previous_posts_link_attributes', '' );
          echo '<a href="' . previous_posts( false ) . ">". preg_replace( '/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/', '&$1', 'Newer Entries »' ) .'</a>';
        }
        ?></div>
    </div>
 
    <?php else : ??><h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
		<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
 
	<?php endif; ??></div>
</div>
 
<?php get_sidebar(); ??><?php get_footer(); ??>

Thank you for your tutorial, it's help me a lot. Cheers.

is there ant plugin for this,i actually need pages in posts 

looking if some one help me 

thank you 

Why can't this be made into a plugin? I'm very new to code and wish someone would make a simple plugin since it's been figured out for so long.

Spent a few nights serching for this solution. I'm working with a small scale ecommerce site that necesitated creating product pages with items to add to a cart and also include yummy client accessable SEO content. I looked at category templates as an alternative but then how to include the client accesable content? Well back to my original search and FINALLY this page pops up in my SERPs. Thank you very much, now I can get back to my build

How could you get the posts to output alphabetically instead of chronologically?

The WP_Query object constructor takes a few arguments, one of which is the order and orderby parameters. Basically, what you need to do is this:

$args['orderby'] = 'title';
$args['order'] = 'ASC';
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);

This page on the codex should help you out:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters

thank you!

like a few others said, I couldn't find anyone to explain the code, but it worked for my page of posts. THX

I just wanted to say thank you SO much. I was having an issue with the same posts pulling up on a custom blog template. Your code came at just the right moment. Cannot say thank you enough!

Hi,

I'm really new so please be patient.  I sort of have this working but I have issues:

1.  The posts are showing on the page that I want them to show on but they are also showing on the main blog page.  I just want them on the /blog/recipes page

2.  The pagination is not showing up at all.  To be honest I'm not really sure what 'The Loop' is.

3.  I am using a plugin for user-submitted posts and so the posts are appearing way down the page.

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated

<br />/**<br /> *Template Name: PageOfPosts<br /> */<br />

 get_header();
 get_sidebar();

<br />if ( is_page('47') ) {<br />  $cat = array(5);<br />} else {<br />  $cat = '';<br />}<br />  <br />$args = array(<br />  'category__in'     => $cat,<br />  'caller_get_posts' => 1<br />);<br />  <br />if ( $paged > 1 ) {<br />  $args['paged'] = $paged;<br />}<br />  <br />$my_query = new WP_Query($args);

 if $my_query->(have_posts()) : while $my_query->(have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
<br />    //necessary to show the tags<br />    global $wp_query;<br />    $wp_query->in_the_loop = true;<br />   

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Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.

I managed to fix the first issue and I have figured out an acceptable work around for the 3rd issue.  I still can't get the pagination to show up.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you! :)

Hello,

Thanks again for constructing this guide.  One quick question for you. 

Is there a quick line of code that can excude a specific category from the main blog page so that I can utilize your above code to parse it out to the category specific pages and not repeat the content throughout my site?

Thanks to you, I'm almost there!

Cheers,

-B

This is perfect, thank you so much for sharing this.