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1. nerdynothings
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have two sidebars running custom loops on my index page. http://nerdynothings.com

   Is there a way for the sidebars not to repeat posts that are already listed within the main loop?

   <?php
   $postslist = get_posts('category=8&numberposts=1&order=DESC&orderby=date&offset=2');
   
   foreach ($postslist as $post) :
   setup_postdata($post);?>
   
   ***This is where the first post in the category goes, excerpt, title and image.
   
   <?php endforeach; ?>
   
   <?php
   $postslist = get_posts('category=8&numberposts=4&order=DESC&orderby=date&offset=3');
   
   foreach ($postslist as $post) :
   setup_postdata($post); ?>
   
   ***This is where the titles for 4 more posts go.
   
   <?php endforeach; ?>

   I really hope that makes sense and you can help me.

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   as luckily your main loop runs first, i could imagine collecting all post ids of the main loop into a gloabl array; and use this arry in the 'post__not_in' parameter of your sidebar queries.

   here is a bit of information:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops_in_Action
   esp. under here 'Note for Multiple Posts in the First Category '

   and this snippet:
   

   <?php query_posts(array('post__not_in'=>$do_not_duplicate));
    if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
    update_post_caches($posts); ?>

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