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1. Bloke
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I have a site that I want to display the last featured image from a category. So I am trying to locate the code to edit that part of the loop. The URL shows it to be in mywebsite/?cat=5 so I would need to edit to display the most recent image from cat 5 LIMIT 1.

2. blogjunkie
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   You need this code:

   // The Query
   $the_query = new WP_Query( 'cat=5' );
   
   // The Loop
   while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
   	if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { // check if the post has a Post Thumbnail assigned to it.
   		the_post_thumbnail();
   	}
   endwhile;
   
   // Reset Post Data
   wp_reset_postdata();
   

   References:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_post_thumbnail

3. Bloke
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   blogjunkie,Thanks for such a quick reply. Where would I put this? I was thinking of just putting it in a margin using a blank text widget.

4. blogjunkie
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   You need a widget that can execute PHP code. Try searching for it in the plugin directory. Or, put the code directly into your sidebar template file. Good luck

5. Bloke
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Ok I got it to work. At first it displayed all records. Now i got:

   $the_query = new WP_Query( 'cat=5&posts_per_page=1' );

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