List some pages with content in WordPress

To list pages in WordPress you normally take this: <?php wp_list_pages(); ?>

But how to display some pages with the_content or the_excerpt?

I didn’t find a way to query specified pages by page_id and run a foreach loop, so we are going to get the pages one by one in separate queries and loops for each page.

Important is to rewind the query after the run by inserting this: <?php rewind_posts();?>

A simple query for three different pages plus title and including the excerpt I show you here:

<?php
$my_page = new WP_Query("page_id=2"); //replace the ID of the page you want to show
$my_page->the_post();?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" ><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php rewind_posts();?>
<?php
$my_page = new WP_Query("page_id=41"); //replace the ID of the page you want to show
$my_page->the_post();?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" ><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php rewind_posts();?>
<?php
$my_page = new WP_Query("page_id=42"); //replace the ID of the page you want to show
$my_page->the_post();?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" ><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php rewind_posts();?>

Now, let’s say you want to display in Arthemia theme by Michael Jubel some pages in the featured section instead of featured posts, you have to modify index.php and replace the query for category Featured (ie:query_posts(“showposts=4&category_name=Featured”);) with a query for pages.

Just sime lines of code how it could look like:
<!– first new query start, here page_id=2, put your page ID ******************************* –>
<?php
$my_page = new WP_Query(“page_id=2″); //replace the 2 with the ID of the page you want to show
$my_page->the_post(); ?>

<div class=”clearfloat”>
<?php $values = get_post_custom_values(“Image”);
if (isset($values[0])) { ?>
<a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”>
<img src=”<?php echo bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo get_option(‘home’); ?>/<?php
$values = get_post_custom_values(“Image”); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=100&h=65&zc=1&q=100″
alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>” class=”left” width=”100px” height=”65px” /></a>
<?php } ?>
<div class=”info”><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” class=”title”><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
</div>

<?php rewind_posts();?>
<!– next query start, put your page ID –>
<?php
$my_page = new WP_Query(“page_id=41″); //replace the ID of the page you want to show
$my_page->the_post(); ?>

<div class=”clearfloat”>
<?php $values = get_post_custom_values(“Image”);
if (isset($values[0])) { ?>
<a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”>
<img src=”<?php echo bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo get_option(‘home’); ?>/<?php
$values = get_post_custom_values(“Image”); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=100&h=65&zc=1&q=100″
alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>” class=”left” width=”100px” height=”65px” /></a>
<?php } ?>
<div class=”info”><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” class=”title”><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
</div>

<?php rewind_posts();?>

<!– next query start, put your page ID –>

I give you a complete modified index.php for Arthemia theme here to download:

arthemia index.php modified to dispay pages in featured section

Take the parts in div id=”featured” or use the whole file as index.php replacement.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR ORIGINAL FILES BEFORE MODIFYING!!

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