This plugin has to exist….

  • Clifton Griffin

    (@clifgriffin)


    17 years, 9 months ago

    I’m setting up a wordpress blog for a guy who does motorcycle repairs. He is posting pictures of projects he is working on in a category called “Projects”.

    I would like to display a list of “Recent Projects” on the main blog page at the top before the first post.

    This would not be unlike “recent news” and things other sites use. I have been searching for a few days for a plugin that can do this, but to now avail.

    Does anyone out there use a plugin like this or have any recommendations how I can accomplish this? I’m a fairly capable programmer so I’m not against doing something manual, but I feel confident that I’m not the first person to need this. I’d prefer not to reinvent the wheel!

    Much love,
    Clifton

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  • Dgold

    (@dgold)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Sounds to me like what you want is….

    Display 10 Recent Posts from the “Projects” category.

    You can do this without a Plugin using some special code in The Loop (which is located in your Theme files).

    Something like this from the Codex, (read about it under Multiple Loops),

    http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop

    <?php query_posts('category_name=PROJECTS&showposts=10'); ?>

  <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <!-- Do special_cat stuff like put the title and excerpt here... -->
  <?php endwhile;?>

    hope this helps ya get started

    there might be a plugin that handles it too

    Thread Starter Clifton Griffin

    (@clifgriffin)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks for the info. I will probably end up using it.

    Anyone else out there seen anything that might be useful?

    Thread Starter Clifton Griffin

    (@clifgriffin)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Here is my finaly code. It ended up being fairly simple. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

    This code displays the 5 most recent posts from category 3 in a div at the top of the home page:

    <?php $count = 1 ?>
<?php if ( is_home() ) { ?>
<div style="width:inherit; background-color:#FFFFD9; border:dotted; border-color:#666; border-width:thin;">
<h3 style="margin-left:5px;">Recent Projects</h3>
<ul>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if ( in_category('3') && $count <= 5 ) { ?>
<?php $count++; ?>
<li style="margin-bottom:0px;"><h5><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h5></li>
<?php } ?>
<?php endwhile;?>
</ul>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php rewind_posts(); ?>
    Dgold

    (@dgold)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Good job! Glad you got it working.

    That little line with “rewind_posts” is pretty important, eh!

    Thread Starter Clifton Griffin

    (@clifgriffin)

    17 years, 8 months ago

    Well, I finally got around to making it into a plugin:

    http://clifgriffin.com/index.php/2008/10/05/featured-category/

    Hopefully this will be helpful to others trying to do this.

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