Functions used on Blog post (home.php) pages
Post title
<?php the_title(); ?>
Post content
<?php the_content(); ?>
Post excerpt
<?php the_exerpt(); ?>
Post Category
<?php the_category(', '); ?>
The (‘,’) parameter defines that if multiple categories are present it will be separated by a comma (‘,’) .
Author avatar
<?php echo get_avatar(get_the_author_meta('ID'),24); ?>
’24’ is the size of the avatar in pixels that is to display.
Author name and link:
<?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>
Check if post thumbnail exists
<?php if(has_post_thumbnail()){ } ?>
Display featured post thumbnails
<?php the_post_thumbnail('medium'); ?>
Display Date vs Display time
<?php the_time('F j, Y'); //the_date(); ?>
Th following will display the date only for the first post of the day.
<?php the_date(); ?>