function posts_ajax_func()
{
$nopost = 4;
//no of posts
$post_type = $_POST['post_type'];
//post type
$category = intval($_POST['category']);
//post category id
$start_value = $_POST['start_val'];
//start value
if ($category != '') {
$arg = array('post_type' => $post_type, 'numberposts' => -1, 'category' => $category, 'post_status' => 'publish');
} else {
$arg = array('post_type' => $post_type, 'numberposts' => -1, 'post_status' => 'publish');
}
$myposts = get_posts($arg);
//get all posts from the post type
$start_index = $start_value;
//start index of testimonial array
$end_index = $start_index + $nopost - 1;
//end index of testimonial array
?>
<?php
for ($i = 0; $i < $nopost; $i++, $start_index++) {
if (!empty($myposts[$start_index]->ID)) {
?>
<!--========================= Single post start ======================== -->
<div class="blog_box">
<div class="w-col w-col-3 w-col-stack col _0-5-0-5">
<a class="w-inline-block post-div-link-block" href="<?php
echo get_permalink($myposts[$start_index]->ID);
?>
">
<div class="post-div">
<div class="w-clearfix post-details-div">
<div class="post-details category">
<?php
if ($category != '') {
echo get_cat_name($category);
} else {
$post_categories = get_the_category($myposts[$start_index]->ID);
$output_cat = '';
if ($post_categories) {
foreach ($post_categories as $post_categories_single) {
$output_cat = $post_categories_single->name;
break;
}
}
echo $output_cat;
}
?>
</div>
<div class="post-details date"><?php
echo get_the_time('m/d/Y', $myposts[$start_index]->ID);
?>
</div>
</div>
<?php
$post_thumbnail_url = wp_get_attachment_url(get_post_thumbnail_id($myposts[$start_index]->ID));
if (get_the_post_thumbnail($myposts[$start_index]->ID)) {
?>
<img class="featured-image-thumb" src="<?php
echo $post_thumbnail_url;
?>
" alt="<?php
echo get_the_title($myposts[$start_index]->ID);
?>
">
<?php
} else {
?>
<img class="featured-image-thumb" src="<?php
echo get_template_directory_uri();
?>
/images/no_product_img.jpg" alt="<?php
echo get_the_title($myposts[$start_index]->ID);
?>
">
<?php
}
?>
<p class="post-blurb">
<span class="post_listing_title"><?php
echo $myposts[$start_index]->post_title;
?>
</span>
<?php
echo get_the_popular_excerpt($myposts[$start_index]->post_content, 100);
?>
</p><a class="button read-more" href="<?php
echo get_permalink($myposts[$start_index]->ID);
?>
">read more</a>
</div>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<!--========================= Single post end ======================== -->
<?php
}
}
?>
<?php
die;
}
<?php
if ($left_second->have_posts()) {
while ($left_second->have_posts()) {
$left_second->the_post();
?>
<a href="<?php
echo esc_url(get_permalink());
?>
">
<article class="bottom">
<h1><?php
the_title();
?>
</h1>
<?php
echo get_the_popular_excerpt();
?>
<p>
<span class="italics">by</span> <?php
the_author();
?>
</p>
<?php
the_category();
?>
</article>
<a href="<?php
echo esc_url(get_permalink());
?>
">
<?php
