WordPress $post Variable Keys

WordPress $post Variable Keys

Below are the methods of retrieving the information that you are most likely to need.

• $post–>ID – ID of the current post.
• $post–>post_category - Retrieves the ID of the post category.
• $post–>post_parent - ID of the page parent. Useful for creating custom navigational elements.
• $post–>post_title – Post Title
• $post–>post_excerpt - Post excerpt
• $post–>post_content – Retrieves all of the post content, along with any markup.
• $post–>post_name – Retrieving the slug of a post.
  
• $post–>guid – Post Url
• $post–>post_author – ID of post author post_parent
• $post–>post_type - Returns the type, page or post.
• $post–>menu_order - Returns the menu order as set in the post/page editing window. Often menu items are sorted via this value.
• $post–>post_date - Retrieves the integer timestamp for when the post was published. The output can be customized. See the php.net date manual.
• $post–>post_modified - Retrieves the integer timestamp for when the post was last modified.
• $post–>post_status - Retrieves one of five possible posts statuses: publish, private, draft, pending, future.
• $post–>comment_count - Returns the number of comments, pings, and trackbacks for a given post.
  

 And here is how to use it

 <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();  
 //somewhere in the loop  
 $yourvariable = $post->post_content;  
 //do something  
 endwhile; endif; ?>