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Using the Favorites get_user_favorites() function to display favorited post data in a custom format
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<?php | |
// Method 1: simple foreach loop | |
$favorites = get_user_favorites(); | |
if ( isset($favorites) && !empty($favorites) ) : | |
foreach ( $favorites as $favorite ) : | |
// You'll have access to the post ID in this foreach loop, so you can use WP functions like get_the_title($favorite); | |
endforeach; | |
endif; | |
/** | |
* Method 2: WP_Query Object | |
* Check if there are favorites before instantiating the WP_Query. | |
* Passing an empty array as an argument returns ALL posts. | |
* @see https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Post_.26_Page_Parameters | |
*/ | |
$favorites = get_user_favorites(); | |
if ( $favorites ) : // This is important: if an empty array is passed into the WP_Query parameters, all posts will be returned | |
$paged = ( get_query_var('paged') ) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; // If you want to include pagination | |
$favorites_query = new WP_Query(array( | |
'post_type' => 'post', // If you have multiple post types, pass an array | |
'posts_per_page' => -1, | |
'ignore_sticky_posts' => true, | |
'post__in' => $favorites, | |
'paged' => $paged // If you want to include pagination, and have a specific posts_per_page set | |
)); | |
if ( $favorites_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $favorites_query->have_posts() ) : $favorites_query->the_post(); | |
// Treat this like any other WP loop | |
endwhile; | |
next_posts_link( 'Older Favorites', $favorites_query->max_num_pages ); | |
previous_posts_link( 'Newer Favorites' ); | |
endif; wp_reset_postdata(); | |
else : | |
// No Favorites | |
endif; |
For those who wants to avoid loop from repeating in category template use
if ( $favorites_query->have_posts() ) : $favorites_query->the_post();
and remove endwhile;
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This is awesome thank you!