Blog Post Template

<?php
// Ticket #17725

// File template: /themes/isipp/lib/isipp-visual-composer-elements.php
// line: 62 - 176

/* Custom Blog Post */
vc_map(array(
    "name" => __("News Grid"),
    "base" => "news_post_shortcode",
    "category" => __('Content'),
    "params" => array(
    )
));


add_shortcode('news_post_shortcode', 'news_post_section');

function news_post_section($atts) {
    ob_start();

    global $wpdb, $post;

    $paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
    $news_args = array (
        'posts_per_page' => 8,
        'paged' => $paged,
        'post_type'   => 'post',
        'post_status'   => 'publish',
    );

    $news_query = new WP_Query($news_args);

    echo '<div class="news-article-secteion">';

    if ($news_query->have_posts()) {

        $i = 0;
        while ($news_query->have_posts()) {
            $news_query->the_post();
            $postID =  get_the_id();

            // Product Title
            $postTitle = get_the_title($post->ID);
            $postContent = get_the_content($post->ID);

            // strip all shortcodes but keep content
            $the_content = preg_replace("~(?:\[/?)[^/\]]+/?\]~s", '', $postContent);

            $getCategories = load_terms('category');

             if($i == 2) {
                echo '<div class="news-item categories-section">';
                echo '<h4>Categories</h4>';

                echo '<ul class="catgories_list">';
                if(!empty($getCategories)) {
                    foreach($getCategories as $caetgory) {

                        $catURL = site_url().'/category/'.$caetgory->slug;

                        echo '<li><a href="'.$catURL.'">'.$caetgory->name.'</a></li>';
                    }
                }
                echo '</ul>';
                echo '</div>';
            }

            echo '<div class="news-item">';

            if(!empty(get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'medium' ))) {
                echo '<a href="'.get_the_permalink($post->ID).'" target="_self">'.get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'medium' ).'</a>';
            } else {
                echo '<a href="'.get_the_permalink($post->ID).'" target="_self"><img src="'.site_url().'/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/content-5.jpg"></a>';
            }

            echo '<a href="'.get_the_permalink($post->ID).'" target="_self"><h4>'.get_the_title($post->ID).'</h4></a>';

            echo '<div class="content">'.wp_trim_words($the_content, 55, '...').'</div>';

            echo '<a class="read_more_btn" href="'.get_the_permalink($post->ID).'" target="_self">READ MORE</a>';
            echo '</div>';

        $i++;
        }
    }

    echo '</div>';

    wp_reset_postdata();
    wp_reset_query();

    ?>

    <div class="news-pagination">
        <?php
        $big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer

        echo paginate_links( array(
            'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
            'format' => '?paged=%#%',
            'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
            'total' => $news_query->max_num_pages
        ) );
        ?>
    </div>

    <?php
    $output = ob_get_contents();
    ob_end_clean();
    return $output;
}