Blog

• the_post()
• the_title()
• the_content()
• the_excerpt()
• the_permalink()
• the_author_posts_link()
• time('Y-m-d')
• get_the_category_list(',')
• paginate_links()
• site_url()

the_post()

• Iterate the post index in the loop.
• checks whether the loop has started and then sets the current post by moving, each time, to the next post in the queue.

<?while(have_posts()){
	the_post();?>
<?}?>

the_title()

• Display the current post title with optional HTML markup. It is accepted to use inside the WordPress Loop.
• If the post is protected or private and you are on front-end, then "Protected" or "Private" will be displayed before the post title.

<?while(have_posts()){
	the_post();?>
	<h2><?the_title();?></h2>
<?}?>

the_content()

• Display the post content. It is template tag and must be used inside the loop.
• Besides using this function in the loop, it can be used on a single page like page.php, single.php.

<?while(have_posts()){
	the_post();?>
	<p><?the_content();?></p>
<?}?>

the_excerpt()

• display a trimmed-down version of the full post content

<?while(have_posts()){
	the_post();?>
	<p><?the_excerpt();?></p>
<?}?>

the_permalink()

• displays link (URL) to the post that is currently being processed in the Loop.
• this template tag can be used only inside the Loop of WordPress.

<?while(have_posts()){
	the_post();?>
	<h2><a href="<?the_permalink();?>"><?the_title();?></a></h2>
	<p><?the_content();?></p>
<?}?>

the_author_posts_link()

• Displays an HTML link to the author page of the current post’s author

<p>Posted By <?the_author_posts_link();?></p>

the_time()

• Display the time at which the post was written.

<p>Posted On <?the_time('Y-m-d');?></p>

get_the_category_list(',')

• returns a delimited (e.g. comma-separated) lists of categories, as part of a post entry meta.

<p>Posted On <?echo get_the_category_list(',');?></p>

paginate_links()

• Retrieves paginated links for archive post pages.

<p><?echo paginate_links();?></p>

site_url()

• Retrieves the URL for the current site where WordPress application files (e.g. wp-blog-header.php or the wp-admin/ folder) are accessible.

<p><?echo site_url('/blog');?></p>