WP From the Vault

06. Aug, 2007 Comments - Leave your comment

WP From the Vault (from the Reader Appreciation Project) is a way to spotlight an old post on your homepage or on a regular page on a WordPress blog.

This plugin enables bloggers who wish to use a ‘page’ as the homepage of a WordPress blog. For more information on pages, visit the BlogHerald’s article on making any page the homepage. Also visit my article on using the “more” tag on a WordPress page.

Please download WP From the Vault 1.0

Screenshots

From the Vault Admin Panel

From the Vault Example
From the Vault in Use

Installation

Download and extract the zip file. Copy the ‘raproject_vault’ into your WordPress plugins directory. From the WordPress admin panel, add in a post ID you would like to spotlight.

Plugin Use

After setting a post ID in the admin panel, dive into a post’s or page’s code and add this in:

<?php
global $rap_vault;
if (!empty($rap_vault)) {
	$vault = $rap_vault->getPostID();
}
<?php query_posts("showposts=1&p=$vault"); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- your post code here -->
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
?>

In the part where it says <!– your post code here –>, it should be noted that your code to display your post should go in that portion. For example, here is a portion of code to display a post in the default WordPress theme:

<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
	<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
	<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>

	<div class="entry">
		<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
	</div>

	<p class="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?>  <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments &#187;', '1 Comment &#187;', '% Comments &#187;'); ?></p>
</div>

Support

This plugin, like all plugins on this site, are provided as-is. However, I will try to help you if you need assistance. Please send an email or leave a comment.

This plugin was originally written to support a feature on this site, but I thought I’d release it publicly in case others wanted similar functionality.