How to display page content in a page template?

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1. I’m using two loops. First loop is to show the page content, and the second loop is to show the queried post contents. I commented into the codes where necessary. I emphasized into the loops, as Deckster0 said in WordPress support that, the_content() works only inside a WordPress Loop. I’m placing these code into a my own template:

   <?php
   /*
   * Template Name: My Template
   */
   get_header(); ?>
   
   <div id="container">
       <div id="content" class="pageContent">
   
       <h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1> <!-- Page Title -->
       <?php
       // TO SHOW THE PAGE CONTENTS
       while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <!--Because the_content() works only inside a WP Loop -->
           <div class="entry-content-page">
               <?php the_content(); ?> <!-- Page Content -->
           </div><!-- .entry-content-page -->
   
       <?php
       endwhile; //resetting the page loop
       wp_reset_query(); //resetting the page query
       ?>
   
       <?php
       // TO SHOW THE POST CONTENTS
       ?>                        
           <?php
           $my_query = new WP_Query( 'cat=1' ); // I used a category id 1 as an example
           ?>
           <?php if ( $my_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
           <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
           <?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   
               <h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1> <!-- Queried Post Title -->
               <div class="entry-content">
                   <?php the_excerpt(); ?> <!-- Queried Post Excerpts -->
               </div><!-- .entry-content -->
   
           <?php endwhile; //resetting the post loop ?>
   
           </div><!-- #post-<?php the_ID(); ?> -->
   
           <?php
           wp_reset_postdata(); //resetting the post query
           endif;
           ?>
   
       </div><!-- #content -->         
   </div><!-- #container -->
   

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2. Two loops is common to do this, but a bit overdosed.

   Every post or page gives you the super-variable $post. Ever wondered why your get_post_meta() works with a simple $post->ID 😉 ?

   So, before you start the WP_Query() that gets your listed posts, you can access the current page-/post-data with $post->ID, $post->post_content, $post->guid and so on.

   In the loop, this variable gets filled by the looped post. To save it for later, you can either make a new variable

   $temp_post = $post
   
   // new WP_Query() + loop here
   

   or call

   wp_reset_query()

   after the listing. The last function should be called anyway to ensure that the data in your sidebar is the right for the current page/post.

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