commonly used snippets of WP code

Get thumbnail src

<?php if (has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ): ?>
            
<?php $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'single-post-thumbnail' ); ?>
            
<div class="bgImg" style="background:url(<?php echo $image[0]; ?>) no-repeat 50% 50%;"></div>
            
<?php endif; ?>  

Latest posts ordered by title

<?php
$args = array( 
'numberposts' => 10, 
'order'=> 'ASC', 
'orderby' => 'title' 
);

$postslist = get_posts( $args ); foreach ( $postslist as $post ) : setup_postdata($post); ?> 

<?php the_date(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>   
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

<?php endforeach; ?>

Random posts

Display a list of 5 posts selected randomly by using the MySQL RAND() function for the orderby parameter value:

<?php
$args = array( 
'numberposts' => 5, 
'orderby' => 'rand' 
);

$rand_posts = get_posts( $args ); foreach ( $rand_posts as $post ) : ?>

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>

<?php endforeach; ?>