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1. jpxwordpress
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   I tried the following code (from the WordPress Loop guide:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop)

   <?php $temp_query = $wp_query; ?>
   <!-- Do stuff... -->

   <b>Latest Post from Category X:</b>
   <?php query_posts('category_name=categoryx&showposts=1'); ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <!-- Do special_cat stuff... -->
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   <?php $wp_query = $temp_query; ?>

   and this did not seem to work. Can anyone please help describe a way to me that would allow the display of the latest X number of posts from a given category, either to display in a page, post, or sidebar?

   Thousand thanks. : )

2. moshu
   Moderator
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   either to display in a page, post, or sidebar?

   Make up your mind. Which one?
   - Obviously "in a post" is a nonsense, so let's not talk about it.
   - Pages are not meant to display posts...

   the remaining option is the sidebar. There are million topics here in the forum discussing all the same, so you could find a working version of that code from above.

   An alternative would be a plugin that does it nicely for you, e.g.
   http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/customizable-post-listings/

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