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1. a2cmedia
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I'm fairly new to Wordpress but am loving it so far :)

   I have a site set up and I am wanting to display the 3 latest post in the side bar of my blog so they will appear on every page.

   I am quite open to suggestions and this is what I have so far which works but not exactly how I want:

   <ul>
   <?php query_posts('showposts=3&orderby=date'); ?>
   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <li><strong><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title() ?> </a></strong><br />
   <?php the_date(); ?><br />
   <?php the_excerpt(); ?></li>
   <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
   </ul>

   Ideally I would like the excerpt to output plain text, but it seems to have a whole lot of styling applied. Also the_date() tag only works on the first result and not the others.

   Any help is appreciated :)

2. a2cmedia
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Updated code to:

   <ul>
   <?php query_posts('showposts=3&orderby=date'); ?>
   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <li><strong><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title() ?> </a></strong><br />
   <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?><br />
   <?php $excerpt = strip_tags(get_the_excerpt());
           echo $excerpt; ?>
   <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
   </ul>

   And its working perfectly :) I heart Wordpress

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