WordPress Loop

00-README.md

Nothing relevant.

01-loop-example.php

<?php

$query = new WP_Query( array(
  'post_type' => 'post',
  'posts_per_page' => 5
) );

echo '<ul>';
while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
  $query->the_post();
  echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
}//end while
echo '</ul>';

wp_reset_query();

10-nelio-function.php

<?php

function nelio_post_to_aws_array( $post_id ) {

  $query = new WP_Query( array(
    'p' => $post_id
  ) );

  if ( ! $query->have_posts() ) {
    wp_reset_postdata();
    return false;
  }//end if

  $query->the_post();
  $result = array(
    'id'      => get_the_ID(),
    'author'  => get_the_author(),
    'content' => apply_filters( 'the_content', get_the_content() ),
    'title'   => get_the_title(),
  );

  wp_reset_postdata(); 
  return $result;

}//end nelio_post_to_aws_array()

11-nelio-expected-result.php

<?php

array (size=4)
  'id'      => int 1
  'author'  => string 'David'
  'content' => string '<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit...'
  'title'   => string 'My First Post'

12-nelio-actual-result.php

<?php

array (size=4)
  'id'      => int 1
  'author'  => string 'David'
  'content' => string '<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit...'
  'title'   => string 'Some Random Title'

13-other-expected-result.php

<?php

array (size=4)
  'id'      => int 25
  'author'  => string 'Ruth'
  'content' => string '<p>Cum sociis natoque penatibus et...'
  'title'   => string 'Some Random Title'

20-other-plugin.php

<?php

add_filter( 'the_content', 'random_plugin_related_posts' );
function random_plugin_related_posts( $content ) {
  
  $query = new WP_Query( array(
    'p' => 25, // Retrieve related post...
  ) );
  
  $query->the_post();
  $content .= '<a href="...'; // Add link to related post.
  wp_reset_postdata();
  
  return $content;
  
}//end random_plugin_related_posts()

30-solution.php

<?php

function nelio_post_to_aws_array( $post_id ) {

  $query = new WP_Query( array(
    'p' => $post_id
  ) );

  if ( ! $query->have_posts() ) {
    wp_reset_postdata();
    return false;
  }//end if

  $query->the_post();
  
  $author = get_the_author();
  $query->reset_postdata();
  
  $content = apply_filters( 'the_content', get_the_content() );
  $query->reset_postdata();
  
  $title = get_the_title();
  $query->reset_postdata();
  
  $result = array(
    'id'      => $post_id,
    'author'  => $author,
    'content' => $content,
    'title'   => $title,
  );

  wp_reset_postdata(); 
  return $result;

}//end nelio_post_to_aws_array()