Older Posts / Newer Posts Always Show Same Posts

  • Resolved mwsmedia

    (@mwsmedia)


    14 years ago

    I’ve seen “older / newer posts” problems elsewhere in the forums, but my issue doesn’t quite match any other I’ve seen. Here goes:

    In a nutshell, the older / newer posts function is not working from my home page. The links are correct (for example, https://www.retroland.com/page/2/) but the page generated is exactly the same as the home page.

    Interestingly, the older / newer function works perfectly on category, search, archive and tag pages… just not from the home page.

    Possibly useful information: my category structure does *not* include a top-level category. My permalinks are set to %postname%. My front page is set to “Your latest posts.” I can find my way around php, but clear instruction is appreciated… I’m not an accomplished programmer, just someone who knows enough to mess things up if given the chance. ??

    Any and all advice is appreciated! Thanks in advance!

    Matt

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    Sounds like your theme’s index.php template file contains a custom query that needs amending. Drop a copy of the file into the WordPress pastebin and post the pastebin url here. Perhaps someone will be able to spot the problem and suggest a solution.

    Thread Starter mwsmedia

    (@mwsmedia)

    Hi esmi — thanks for your response.

    Thing is, I’m using a child theme of Twenty Ten — the child theme is using Twenty Ten’s index.php. I’ve uploaded it anyway, just in case:

    https://wordpress.pastebin.com/HZBmY0E7

    For fun, here is the loop.php I’m using in my child theme:

    https://wordpress.pastebin.com/HChQHFTx

    Perhaps that will help.

    Thanks so much!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    My guess is that it’s lines 56-58 in loop.php:

    #
<?php if ( is_home() ) {
query_posts($query_string . '&cat=-18');
}

    I’d suggest creating an index.php file in your child theme and then placing the custom query just above get_template_part( 'loop', 'index' );. Be warned that I’ve not tried this approach myself (I’ve usually created a loop-foo.php template in the child for these situations) but it might work.

    Thread Starter mwsmedia

    (@mwsmedia)

    You got it, esmi! Worked great! Thank you.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    No problem ??

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