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Wordpress - Show most recent posts
Posted on 2011-03-07
Hi there!
I am building a custom Wordpress theme and need to show the most recent posts on the homepage. However, I want to show the latest post as a "Featured Article" where it will show the title, an excerpt, and a link to the full post. For the following posts, I only want to show the title and a link to the article.
I know how to show the most recent posts using "query_post", but I'm not entirely sure how to pull this off. Would someone be able give me a hand? Thanks.
I am building a custom Wordpress theme and need to show the most recent posts on the homepage. However, I want to show the latest post as a "Featured Article" where it will show the title, an excerpt, and a link to the full post. For the following posts, I only want to show the title and a link to the article.
I know how to show the most recent posts using "query_post", but I'm not entirely sure how to pull this off. Would someone be able give me a hand? Thanks.
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use this,
query_posts('posts_per_pag
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
// show title
the_title();
// show link
the_permalink();
endwhile;
query_posts('posts_per_pag
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
// show title
the_title();
// show link
the_permalink();
endwhile;
Thanks adeelshahid.
However, unless I'm mistaken, won't your solution just show the title and link for a single post? I think you might have misread my question.
I was asking for a way to show the most recent post (title, link, and an excerpt from the article) then, all the following articles, i want to show just the title and link.
I appreciate the help but I think your solution only covers part of what I'm looking to do. Do you know what I would need to do to achieve what I'm looking for?
However, unless I'm mistaken, won't your solution just show the title and link for a single post? I think you might have misread my question.
I was asking for a way to show the most recent post (title, link, and an excerpt from the article) then, all the following articles, i want to show just the title and link.
I appreciate the help but I think your solution only covers part of what I'm looking to do. Do you know what I would need to do to achieve what I'm looking for?
buddy try this one,
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts
you will find better idea's to do things here.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts
you will find better idea's to do things here.
Thanks - I've looked through the reference before.
I have a specific question that I was looking to get help with which is why I posted here.
I have a specific question that I was looking to get help with which is why I posted here.
To get the latest posts in a list format add this to the loop:
Recent Posts with Summary:
Recent Posts with Full Content
Let me know if you nave any questions.
<?php get_archives('postbypost', '10', 'custom', '<li>', '</li>'); ?>
Recent Posts with Summary:
<ul>
<?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<li><?php the_excerpt(__('(more…)')); ?></li>
<?php endwhile;?>
</ul>
Recent Posts with Full Content
<ul>
<?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<li><?php the_content(__('(more…)')); ?></li>
<?php endwhile;?>
</ul>
Let me know if you nave any questions.
query_posts('posts_per_pag
$post_id = -1;
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
$post_id = $post->ID;
// show title
the_title();
// show link
the_permalink();
// show content
the_content('...continue')
endwhile;
query_posts(
array(
'posts_per_page' => 10,
'post__not_in' => $post_id,
'post_status' => 'publish'
)
);
$counter = 1;
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
the_title();
the_permalink();
the_content('...continue')
endwhile;
$post_id = -1;
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
$post_id = $post->ID;
// show title
the_title();
// show link
the_permalink();
// show content
the_content('...continue')
endwhile;
query_posts(
array(
'posts_per_page' => 10,
'post__not_in' => $post_id,
'post_status' => 'publish'
)
);
$counter = 1;
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
the_title();
the_permalink();
the_content('...continue')
endwhile;
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for the reply. But I think something might still be missing here. To make this more simple, this is what I'm looking to show on the homepage:
Post Title 1
>>Article Text
Read More Link
Post Title 2
Read More Link
Post Title 3
Read More Link
So from the sounds of it, I need two query posts. One that shows the latest post with text, the a second that shows the other recent posts (without the latest post - as it will already be showing) and doesn't show the article text.
Does that make sense?
Thanks for the reply. But I think something might still be missing here. To make this more simple, this is what I'm looking to show on the homepage:
Post Title 1
>>Article Text
Read More Link
Post Title 2
Read More Link
Post Title 3
Read More Link
So from the sounds of it, I need two query posts. One that shows the latest post with text, the a second that shows the other recent posts (without the latest post - as it will already be showing) and doesn't show the article text.
Does that make sense?
adeelshahid:
I gave the code you provided a try and initially got an error. It was stemming from 'post__not_in'. I did a little searching a found a forum where someone mentioned that 'post__not_in' needs to call an array. So I changed:
I gave the code you provided a try and initially got an error. It was stemming from 'post__not_in'. I did a little searching a found a forum where someone mentioned that 'post__not_in' needs to call an array. So I changed:
post__not_in' => $post_id
post__not_in' => array($post_id)
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