I'm using a theme for some Wordpress-integrated software which means that I am basically stuck with the template hierarchy, otherwise I'd just set up a custom template to get around this.
Anyway, I have my page.php, which looks a little like the following
<?php //start the main loop
if ( have_posts() ) :
while ( have_posts() ) :
the_post();
?>
<?php
if ( is_page('contact-us') ) {
get_template_part( 'content', 'contact' );
}else{
get_template_part( 'content', 'page' );
}
?>
<?php //end the main loop
endwhile;
else:
?>
Something is missing
<?php
endif;
?>
This works fine, and as expected, I am able to add html within content-page.php
However, I would like to add a custom loop within content-page.php to display customer testimonials. I've attempted this with the code below inside content-page.php:
<?php //close the main loop
endwhile; else : ?>
<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php
//close the main loop and open a custom loop
wp_reset_postdata();
$args = array (
'post_type' => 'testimonial',
'posts_per_page' => 5,
'orderby' => 'rand'
);
$the_query = new WP_Query ( $args );
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( $the_query ->have_posts() ) : $the_query ->the_post(); ?>
Do HTML stuff here
<?php //close the custom loop
endwhile; else: ?>
Uh oh, there is meant to be a testimonial here. Please create some.
<?php endif; ?>
<?php //re-open the main loop
wp_reset_postdata();
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
?>
This code creates a PHP error (unexpected endwhile where I attempt to close the main loop). However, I put this exact same code straight inside page.php, it works. It only errors when inside content-page.php. Am I not able to include custom loops with get_template_part?
