alfred_j_kwack

See Configuring the plugin in the docs. It’s got all you need.

Ditto

One more thing…

The above does not solve the first of the original constraints… It does not resolve the case where the main wordpress loop returns 0 articles (ie. a is_404() || !have_posts() ).

Suggestions welcome.

For posterity I’m posting the solution I came up with.

Here are the tools Infinite Scroll provides and you will need:

• You will need to use the ‘infinite_scroll_query_object’ hook to ensure IS knows about your custom loop.
• IS will need to be told what additional page types to support so you will need to use the ‘infinite_scroll_archive_supported’ hook.
• IS will need to be told you are not on the last page so you will need ‘infinite_scroll_is_last_batch’. This should not be necessary but I have found this to be the case.
• You will need to use the ‘render’ parameter to both execute [while…endwhile] part of your custom loop and point IS to the right template part to render the content inside of it.

Further to this you’ll need to time things a little. You want to ensure that your main loop has a chance to execute (or at least that it’s had a chance to select posts) and you want to inform IS about your query before it has executed. This is where you’ll find WordPress Action hook prioritisation is your friend. You’ll want to get your query in pretty early on within the ‘template_redirect’ queue.

So, without further ado here’s the code… It’s not the cleanest design – if you have suggestions I’m glad to listen – but it works.

functions.php

/**
 * Jetpack setup functions.
 *
 * See: https://jetpack.com/support/infinite-scroll/
 * See: https://jetpack.com/support/responsive-videos/
 *
 * @uses  add_theme_support
 */
function big_cookbook_jetpack_setup()
{
    // Add theme support for Infinite Scroll.
    add_theme_support('infinite-scroll', array(
        'container' => 'blog-list"',
        'render' => 'big_cookbook_infinite_scroll_render',
        'footer' => false,
        'type' => 'click',
        'wrapper' => false,
    ));

    // Add theme support for Responsive Videos.
    add_theme_support('jetpack-responsive-videos');
}
add_action('after_setup_theme', 'big_cookbook_jetpack_setup');

/**
 * Custom render function for Infinite Scroll.
 */
function big_cookbook_infinite_scroll_render()
{
    while (have_posts()) {
        the_post();
        get_template_part('template-parts/content-thumb', get_post_format());
    }
    // Reset the global $the_post as the custom query will have stomped on it
    wp_reset_postdata();
}

/**
 * Customize the page types supported through Infinite Scroll.
 */
function big_cookbook_jetpack_custom_support() {
    $supported = current_theme_supports( 'infinite-scroll' ) && ( is_home() || is_archive() || is_search() || is_singular() );
     
    return $supported;
}
add_filter( 'infinite_scroll_archive_supported', 'big_cookbook_jetpack_custom_support' );

/**
 * Sets Infinite Scroll's query object if necessary. 
 *
 * @uses  add_filter 
 */
function big_cookbook_force_batch() { return false; }

function big_cookbook_infinite_scroll_set_query_ref(){

    if ( is_singular() ) {
        add_filter ( 'infinite_scroll_query_object', 'big_cookbook_get_custom_query' );
        add_filter ( 'infinite_scroll_is_last_batch', 'big_cookbook_force_batch' );
    }
}
add_action( 'template_redirect','big_cookbook_infinite_scroll_set_query_ref',1);

/**
 * Create and return a custom query object. 
 *
 * @return WP_Query
 */
function big_cookbook_get_custom_query(){

    $default_posts_per_page = get_option( 'posts_per_page' );

    // set the number of posts to be the same number shown 
    // on the 'aside' of the main loop
    if ($default_posts_per_page > 3 ) : 
        $default_posts_per_page = $default_posts_per_page - 1;
    endif;    

    // set the pagination if available
    if ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) { 
        $paged = get_query_var( 'paged' ); 
    }
    elseif ( get_query_var( 'page' ) ) { 
        $paged = get_query_var( 'page' ); 
    }
    else { 
        $paged = 1; 
    }

    // build out our query
    return new WP_Query( array(
        'posts_per_page'      => $default_posts_per_page,
        'no_found_rows'       => true,
        'post_status'         => 'publish',
        'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
        'paged'               => $paged
    ) );

    // ATTENTION: wp_reset_postdata() has not been run!
}

Thanks Brecht,

Exactly what I was hoping to hear. Perhaps it’s worth mentioning this in the FAQ on the www.ads-software.com site.

+1 but…

The solution proposed by marcjae assumes the theme uses the ‘article’ tag which, while prevalent, may yield some odd behaviour on certain pages.

I think this is conceivable if you’d ask the authors of WP Bitly to make the bitly link available in the generated page as a metadata property.

You’re most welcome. ??

I’ve implemented one last feature. It’s a bit of an odd one and may warrant a little polishing up of the admin GUI side.

https://github.com/AlfredJKwack/post-tiles/commit/667bf292ed24c50faab9393cb02a4be3e9b12044

Enjoy.

PS: Sorry about making the commit so hard to understand, I replaced all the indents by mistake.

Implemented my own second request as well… ??
Set Tile Transparency is now in GitHub on my NewFeatures branch.

Hi Ethan,

Check my fork on GitHub.
At this stage this implements the first request: Ability to set the Font Color.

Thanks for the consideration. I look forward to a next version.