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[resolved] Custom Loop displays title, need to display custom field. (2 posts)

  1. Mercer2789
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I have 3 custom loops running in my index at http://eddiemercerart.com
    Basically they pull up posts and display the title which is linked to the individual posts.

    The first loop is a variation of a classic archives.php loop
    The normal "get archives" command can only display titles though.
    What I'm trying to do is "get posts" basically to pull a specific number of the latest posts. I need the code to allow me to get that specific number (not the default number I have set in the settings). Anyone have any idea how to make a loop that pulls a specific number of the latest posts?

    Also, what I intend to do is use said loop to pull up thumbnails as permalinks,
    I need to hard code some of that and have the location for in the custom fields.
    This is what I'm using in one of the custom loops currently that works:

    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><img src="http://eddiemercerart.com/small/<?php if ( function_exists('get_custom_field_value') ){
            get_custom_field_value('path', true);
    } ?>.jpg" width="125" height="125" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>

    I just need a loop I can throw that into that I request a specific number of the latest posts. Might be easy or it could be impossible, thought I'd ask here for help though before giving up.

  2. Mercer2789
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Thanks for all the helpful responses. Good thing there is a support forum here for advanced topics that cant be posted in.

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