How can I display older custom post outside the loop in Wordpress?

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Wordpress: How to I display custom post types outside of the loop?

I want to use custom posts to allow my client to tweak text on their site outside of the loop, such as creating dynamic text on a rolling div header thingy.

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You can create a custom loop for that post type. An example from the WordPress documentation: $args...

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The simplest way is to put the content from a custom post type into a variable while in a regular loop...

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How do I create multiple custom-sized featured post images for WordPress to display on the homepage?

I want to be able to set a featured image for each wordpress page that I create that will display the featured image on the index page.  The images will need to be different sizes, and should display with the different sixes on the homepage.  The items...

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Wordpress 3 has this built right in.  All you have to do is declare the image sizes in your theme's...

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After creating Wordpress custom post type, how do you display these posts on their respected pages?

When using the_permalink(), my custom post type pages do not display? How can this be modified?

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Create a template for your custom post type in your theme. Put this on the top: <?php /**  * Template...

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Noumaan Yaqoob at Quora Mark as irrelevant Undo

In WordPress how can I display multiple custom types on the same page?

I have two post types: post and a custom type called slider. I want to put a slider in the header that gets its content from slider and I want post to continue to function as post. I've been up and down the codex. I've read a couple blog articles on...

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You might also consider doing the slider by using post_ID instead of a "generic" query. get...

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WordPress Plugin Development: How can I make a sortable custom column of a custom post type listing table by custom expression?

I'm trying to create a custom sortable column in a post listing table of a custom post type. The problem is that each column cell value is an expression of multiple meta values. I could display the calculated value in each cell but I could not find a...

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Okay this worked. if ( is_admin() && 'edit.php' == $GLOBALS['pagenow'] && isset(...

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Can I create custom admin boxes in Wordpress that dynamically show/hide based on the post/page template selected by the user?

For instance, say inside the 'Post' admin I have an 'Events' template that they can select that will style that post differently on the site. However, that post template will also require extra meta data from custom fields. I'm not a big fan of making...

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I think what you're looking for is 'Custom Post Types'. https://codex.wordpress.org/Post... You can...

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In WordPress's custom post types what does the public argument do/represent?

I started with this: http://justintadlock.com/archive.... No doubt Justin is the WP man. But scroll down a bit, please. It's not clear what exactly public does. Or what not-public is? Is the attachments post type public=>false?  As a side note I...

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The Public flag is used to determine whether the post type should be shown in the admin UI. On your...

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How can I compare the values of two functions from two separate posts in a WordPress loop?

On my loop page, I need to compare dates of posts so that only unique dates display.  So, when someone scrolls through the posts, the date will update in one position depending on the date of the posts visible.  Ideally, the date will hang off the left...

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The easiest way is to put the results into variables and compare them. I know my answer is too short...

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Is there a WordPress plugin that allows you to make posts (and other post types) open in a Lightbox-style pop-up window, rather than as a new page?

I am currently 'converting' a site to WordPress (I enclose 'converting' in quotes as of course by 'converting a site', I mean 'building a new WordPress site that looks and works a lot like the non-WordPress site it's replacing') and the client wants...

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Have you tried codecanyon. If it's not on there you may need to find a developer - however that will...

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