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Automatic Indexing without plugin
If you prefer to create the table without using a plugin, you can create a custom template file for your WordPress theme that displays all your posts and pages in a table format. Here’s how:
- Create a new file in your theme directory and name it something like page-index.php.
- Add the following code to the top of your file to define the template name and enable it to be selected in the WordPress page editor:
php
<?php
/*
Template Name: Index Page
*/
?>
- Add the following code to the rest of your file to display the table:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id=”primary” class=”content-area”>
<main id=”main” class=”site-main” role=”main”>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Title</th>
<th>Excerpt</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<?php
$args = array(
‘post_type’ => array(‘post’, ‘page’),
‘posts_per_page’ => -1,
‘order’ => ‘ASC’,
‘orderby’ => ‘title’
);
$posts = get_posts($args);
foreach ($posts as $post) :
setup_postdata($post);
?>
<tr>
<td><a href=”<?php the_permalink(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a></td>
<td><?php the_excerpt(); ?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</tbody>
</table>
</main>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
This code creates a table that includes the title and excerpt of each post and page, ordered alphabetically by the title.
- Save the file and upload it to your theme directory.
- In the WordPress page editor, create a new page and select the “Index Page” template from the “Page Attributes” section.
- Publish the page to display the table.
That’s it! Your WordPress site now has a page with a table that indexes all your posts and pages alphabetically and includes a short excerpt, without using a plugin.
To create a single page that indexes all your posts and pages in one place, you can use a combination of the previous methods. Here’s how:
- Create a new page in the WordPress page editor and give it a title like “Site Index”.
- In the “Page Attributes” section, select the “Index Page” template that you created in the previous answer.
- In the content editor, add the following shortcode:
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[table id=0 /]
This shortcode will display the table of posts and pages that you created in the page-index.php template.
- Save and publish the page.
Now, when you visit the “Site Index” page on your WordPress site, you will see a table that indexes all your posts and pages in one place, ordered alphabetically by title and including a short excerpt for each post and page.
Now without using the theme editor, simple code on index wordpress page
You can create a simple WordPress page that displays a table of your posts and pages without using the theme editor. Here’s how:
- Create a new page in the WordPress page editor and give it a title like “Site Index”.
- In the content editor, add the following shortcode:
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[posts_table columns=”date,title,excerpt” links=”title” order_by=”title” sort_order=”asc”]
This shortcode will display a table of all your posts and pages, ordered alphabetically by title and including a short excerpt for each post and page.
- Save and publish the page.
That’s it! When you visit the “Site Index” page on your WordPress site, you will see a table that indexes all your posts and pages in one place, ordered alphabetically by title and including a short excerpt for each post and page.
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