Which template file are you working on?
I’m making a child theme based on 2013. The template is the default template (unaltered) but I’ve replaced the custom header function with a banner based on the featured image – this code is within header.php
Which works on all single pages but not on the posts page. I haven’t made category pages yet but I’m guessing I may have the same problem
When I echo $post->ID I get the ID of the first post listed rather than the page itself.
Im using this;
$thumbnail_url = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), 'full'); // set up for banner picture
to retrieve the featured image URL.
Which template file are you working on?
the ‘posts page’ when set under dashboard – settings – reading has this ID:
get_option('page_for_posts')
try something like:
if( is_home() && get_option('page_for_posts') ) { $page_id = get_option('page_for_posts');
} elseif( is_page() ) { $page_id = $post->ID; }
(untested; details might need to be adapted to your existing code)
To find the page that contains the posts (the listing of posts), you use:
get_option('page_for_posts')
as alchymyth said.
$posts_page_id = get_option( 'page_for_posts' );
echo "posts page id: " . $posts_page_id;
The caveat is that this value will only be set if you assign a static page for your front page and assign another page for your posts page (via Settings->Reading). When you run WordPress where the front page displays your blogs posts, that’s a special case and there is no “posts page” id. (actually, I think it comes back as 0).
