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1. dttn
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I just upgraded to 2.7 from 2.6.5 and cannot load the index because of the cat=1 string in this code.

   <?php query_posts('cat=1&showposts=2'); ?>

   The frontpage is just blank. no errors or anything. Other pages work because it does not have the query. When I remove cat=1, the frontpage loads fine but I need to exclude every other category except cat 1 on the frontpage.

   I've tried deactivating all plugins but the problem still exist.

   Anyway to fix this?

   Thanks.

2. tiagosartor
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I have exactly the same issue and am waiting for a solution as well.

3. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Is it this ticket http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8585

4. dttn
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Yes seems like the problem in the ticket is the same as mine

5. dttn
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   No fix yet but this plugin did the job for me.
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simply-exclude/

6. enailor
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I found this same problem, but have found an alternative that works!

   As we have seen, using the following code does not work:
   <?php query_posts('cat=1&showposts=2'); ?>

   However, after a ton of google searching, I found an alternative that seems to work:

   <?php $my_query = new WP_Query("cat=3&showposts=10");
     while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $mt_query->the_post(); ?>

   Continue the loop here...

   Hope that helps!
   Ed

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