How to use a custom blurb when listing pages

How to use a custom blurb when listing pages

In this recipe, I’m going to show you how to get a list of pages along with a custom key from each page, used to create a description.

The first thing to do is to paste the following code where you want your pages to be listed. It can be your sidebar, or a page template, for exemple.

<?php
$pages = get_pages();
    foreach($pages as $page) {
        $custom_blurb = get_post_meta($page->ID, 'custom_blurb', true);
	echo "<h3><a href=\"".get_page_link($page->ID)."\">$page->post_title</a></h3>";
	echo $custom_blurb;
    }
?>

Once you saved your file, write some pages and add the custom_blurb custom field. As a value, give a description of the page.
Your pages will now be listed along with a custom description. Nice, isn't it?

6 Responses

veenoth

Jan 18 2009 11:56

If you give some demo then i will be happy… i am a newbie..

cnchrome

Jan 18 2009 17:03

If you give some demo and picture of the display then i will be happy .I’m a newer

Tim

Jan 18 2009 18:04

When considering modifications to my code and my site, I always check to see if the author of the modification is implementing it on his/her site. If I don’t see it being used then I figure it’s not worth using. The only thing that might change my mind is a demo and if one isn’t available then I definitely wouldn’t consider using it.

Jean-Baptiste Jung

Jan 18 2009 18:27

I’d like to make demos or screenshots, but if I want to keep the 1 day/1post frequency, I can’t take too much time on posts.
But I keep this idea for the future