if child page help

  • Resolved matthewpaul

    (@matthewpaul)


    15 years, 9 months ago

    Basically, I want to write an if statement that says:

    if (page is titled “About” or page is a child of the “About” page)
    // do this
    else
    // do this

    What is the code I need to check if the page is a child of the “About” page? This is what I have so far:

    <?php if (is_page('About')) : ?>
// do this
<?php else : ?>
// do this
<?php endif ?>

    Help is appreciated.

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  • Derived from example in wp_list_pages() ??

    <?php
  $children = wp_list_pages('title_li=&child_of='.$post->ID.'&echo=0');
  if ($children) { ?>
    <ul>
    <?php echo $children; ?>
    </ul>
    <?php
  } else {
// your else stuff
  }
?>

    Of course you can replace the $post->ID with some other value if needed…

    Thread Starter matthewpaul

    (@matthewpaul)

    Thanks! I got it working, except if I add child pages to another parent page (other than “About”), it affects them as well.

    Where do I add the page ID or page title of my “About” page so only that page and its children are affected? For example, I replaced $post->ID with the ID # of the “About” page, but received a parse error.

    $children = wp_list_pages('title_li=&child_of=2&echo=0');
    Thread Starter matthewpaul

    (@matthewpaul)

    I replaced:

    <?php
$children = wp_list_pages('title_li=&child_of='.$post->ID.'&echo=0');
if (($children) || ($post->post_parent)) : ?>

    with:

    <?php
$children = wp_list_pages('title_li=&child_of=11&echo=0');
if (($children) || ($post->post_parent)) : ?>

    however it is not working. I am sure the ID # is correct. Any suggestions?

    If you use this does it list the pages?

    wp_list_pages('title_li=&child_of=11&echo=1');

    Thread Starter matthewpaul

    (@matthewpaul)

    No, it doesn’t list anything…

    Then there are no children for page id 11.

    Thread Starter matthewpaul

    (@matthewpaul)

    My bad, thought I had the correct ID.

    The only problem is that the if statement still affects all child pages, not just the ones that are children to the page ID I set.

    I found a solution that worked:

    <?php if (is_page('About') || $post->post_parent=="20") : ?>

    Wow, just wanted to thank everyone in this thread. I was able to use the code above to single out all first children pages of specific parent pages:

    <?php if (is_page('About') || $post->post_parent=="20") : ?>

    Thanks everyone! – Ted Goas

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