The limitation with this is that it only works if you are viewing a page or an attachment, or are on the posts page (as set in Settings > Reading).

I was working on an archive page for a custom taxonomy and wanted to have the current_page_item CSS class added to the list item of a particular link of my choice. After poking around a bit in the wp_list_pages() code listing, I discovered it’s possible to hack the $wp_query object to make wp_list_pages() do what I wanted it to.

Here’s how:

// Get the ID of the link you want highlighted. Either:
// - hardcode it (as below)
// - or query the database to get it
$the_id = "1";

// Make a copy of the $wp_query object
$temp_query = clone $wp_query;

// Trick WordPress into thinking we're on a page with ID $the_id
$wp_query->is_page = 1;
$wp_query->queried_object_id = $the_id;

// Display pages
wp_list_pages("title_li=");

// Reset $wp_query
$wp_query = clone $temp_query;

Notes:

• $wp_query->is_page needs to be set to 1 (true) because wp_list_pages() does not set a current page unless is_page() or is_attachment() or $wp_query->is_posts_page returns true.
• If you only want this code to run when you are on certain page you can wrap it in an if statement that checks a WordPress conditional tag. In my case I only wanted to run this code when a taxonomy archive was being displayed so I used is_tax().
• See http://www.jenst.se/2008/03/17/wordpress-get-id-by-post-or-page-name/ on how to query the database by post/page name to get an ID.

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By default, custom posts with the post capability_type (as opposed to page, attachment, revision, or nav-menu-item) are listed newest to oldest in the WordPress backend. This makes sense if these are blog posts, but if they are some other content type (such as quotes, movies, books or contacts) it is often desirable to have them listed alphabetically.

To achieve this, add the following code to your functions.php file, replacing POST_TYPE (line 7) with the name of the post type that you want to have listed alphabetically.

function set_custom_post_types_admin_order($wp_query) {
  if (is_admin()) {

    // Get the post type from the query
    $post_type = $wp_query->query['post_type'];

    if ( $post_type == 'POST_TYPE') {

      // 'orderby' value can be any column name
      $wp_query->set('orderby', 'title');

      // 'order' value can be ASC or DESC
      $wp_query->set('order', 'ASC');
    }
  }
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'set_custom_post_types_admin_order');

The Kingsbridge Project is a consortium of faith groups, social enterprises, sports bodies and public bodies dedicated to bringing together communities in South Birmingham through sport and community activity. The initiative is currently in its early stages and the website is meant to serve its current needs of establishing a web presence and providing publicity. As a result I decided that instead of creating a custom design, I would use ‘PersonalPress’, a premium WordPress theme Elegant Themes, so that I could get site off the ground as quickly as possible.

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