I wanted to allow users to put custom code to placed in between the wordpress query. say If I create a post query I want display an image in between--eg after 2nd, or after 5th post. is it possible to do with add action? so that with apply action code can be placed inbetween.

I wanted to allow users to put custom code to placed in between the wordpress query. say If I create a post query I want display an image in between--eg after 2nd, or after 5th post. is it possible to do with add action? so that with apply action code can be placed inbetween.

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Share Improve this question asked May 17, 2019 at 10:48 user145078user145078 3

• 2 You can call add_action() or apply_filters() anwhere in your PHP/WordPress code. Just determine the proper position based on your specific requirements. – Sally CJ Commented May 17, 2019 at 10:54
• @SallyCJ Thank you, how can I be specific to a certain position in the query? any reference pls if possible – user145078 Commented May 17, 2019 at 11:45
• 1 I've posted an answer. But I'm not very sure if that's what you meant. Let me know, though. – Sally CJ Commented May 17, 2019 at 18:27

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Yes, absolutely, it is possible.

And here's an example: Use an action and pass the post's position in the loop to the action's callback/function, and let the callback run the conditional and display the image if applicable.

$position = 1; // start at 1
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
    the_title( '<h3>', '</h3>' );

    // Show custom image, if any.
    do_action( 'my_loop_custom_image_at_position', $position );

    $position++;
endwhile;

Callback: (yes, the conditional could be done in the above loop, but based on your question, I think this is what you're looking for?)

add_action( 'my_loop_custom_image_at_position', function( $position ){
    if ( $position > 2 ) {
        echo '<img src="https://placeimg/728/90/any" />';
    } else { // optional 'else'
        echo 'Position is less than 2. So we don\'t show custom image.';
    }
} );

PS: In the callback, you can use get_post() to get the current post's data.