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1. mikewillnot
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I'm modifying a theme with a "featured" panel that shows a specified number of (n) posts. By default, it shows the (n) most recent. I have the options set so that n=4. I'd like to modify the wp_query statement so that it returns the two most recent plus the two next future posts, i.e. the present moment +/- 2 posts. I guess that it might be necessary to have two loops, one future and one recent, but I'm wondering if it's possible to construct a combined statement that does the trick.

   Here's the original query statement, followed by my modified version that returns only FUTURE posts.

   ORIGINAL
   

   <?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=".$feature_cat_1."&amp;showposts=".$feature_cat_1_num); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
   				<?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumbnail", true) ): ?>
   				    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumbnail", true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
   				<?php else: ?>
   				<?php endif; ?>
   				<b><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_time('l, F j, Y'); ?> - <?php the_title(); ?></a></b>
   				<?php the_content(__('[Read more]'));?>

   MODIFIED FOR FUTURE
   

   <?php $recent = new WP_Query('category_name=contras&amp;post_status=future&amp;order=ASC'); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
   				<?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumbnail", true) ): ?>
   				    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumbnail", true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
   				<?php else: ?>
   				<?php endif; ?>
   <b><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_time('l, F j, Y'); ?> - <?php the_title(); ?></a></b>
   				<?php the_content(__('[Read more]'));?>

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Either need two loops as you've described, or put the post IDs for both future/past posts into an array

   Something like this where $post_ids is an array of those post IDS:

   query_posts(array('post__in' => $post_ids));

3. mikewillnot
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   I'm still (or, again) working on this problem, only now instead of past, it's just current, for today that needs to appear above future. I now have this query

   <?php $recent = new WP_Query('showposts=1&category_name=english&order=DESC'); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

   The above code produces the post for the current day, but I only get the correct results if there is only one post for today. If there are two or more today (and I want to return them all) I need to query specifically for the current date. I can't figure out how to do that.

   The code above is a modified version of what I got with my theme; I'm really a php newbie.

   Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS.

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