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1. ganzua
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   Hi

   I'm trying to code a second loop for index.php template that lists 3 posts with offset=1 and pagination, 5 posts per page. The first loop is showing the latest post.

   I'm following this approach I found here; http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/19/how-to-offsets-and-paging/

   First, I created this filter in functions.php

   function my_post_limit($limit) {
   	global $paged, $myOffset;
   	if (empty($paged)) {
   			$paged = 1;
   	}
   	$postperpage = intval(get_option('posts_per_page'));
   	$pgstrt = ((intval($paged) -1) * $postperpage) + $myOffset . ', ';
   	$limit = 'LIMIT '.$pgstrt.$postperpage;
   	return $limit;
   } //end function my_post_limit

   Next, I go to index.php and call the filter

   <?php add_filter('post_limits', 'my_post_limit'); ?>

   Then, I start the loop

   <?php
   global $myOffset;
   $myOffset = 1;
   $temp = $wp_query;
   $wp_query= null;
   $wp_query = new WP_Query();
   $wp_query->query('offset='.$myOffset.'&showposts=3'.'&paged='.$paged);
   ?>
   <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>

   Finally, I remove the filter after navigation links

   <div class="navigation">
     <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Previous') ?></div>
     <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More &raquo;') ?></div>
   </div>
   
   <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>
   <?php remove_filter('post_limits', 'my_post_limit'); ?>

   The offset works great but &showposts=3 doesn't work, this loop still shows 5 posts that is my wordpress installation default.

   Is there anyway that I can make showposts=3 work in this loop?

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