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1. dinneenp
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,
   I'm using Monotone theme, site is http://photoblog.ie.
   I have a set homepage.
   In my navigation menu (in header) I want to add 'recent', which will link to the most recent post.

   At the moment I have to update the code each time I add a new post.
   Thanks,
   Patrick.

2. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You'd have to fetch that post, then produce a menu item for it..
   

   <?php
   $latest_post = get_posts( array( 'posts_per_page' => '1', 'paged' => 1, 'orderby' => 'date', 'order' => 'desc', 'post_type' => 'post', 'post_status' => 'publish' ) );
   
   $latest_post = $latest_post[0];
   
   $latest_link = '<a href="' . get_permalink( $latest_post->ID ) . '" title=" . the_title_attribute( array( 'echo' => 0 ) ) . ">Recent</a>';
   // wp_reset_query(); // Uncomment this line if the code appears to cause problems with other queries
   ?>
   <!-- example menu element follows -->
   <li class=""<?php echo ( is_single( $latest_post->ID ) ) ? 'active_class' : 'non_active'; ?>>><?php echo $latest_link; ?></li>

   Included active/non-active classes, update those names as appropriate..

   Hope that helps..

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