Where you see the template name Latest News this could be what ever you want the template to be called, there are some extra comments I have placed in here in case you want thumb nails.
* note this should be placed in your child theme folder under “your site”/wp-content/themes/”your child theme”/page-templates, you can then create the page and select the new template.
This is based on the Twenty Twelve Theme.
<?php
/**
* Template Name: Latest News
*
* This is the template that displays all pages by default.
* Please note that this is the WordPress construct of pages
* and that other 'pages' on your WordPress site will use a
* different template.
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Twelve
* @since Twenty Twelve 1.0
*/
get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary">
<div id="content" role="main">
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'page' ); ?>
<!--Klick Design Added to show latest post on Latest News Page-->
<div> <?php
$args = array( 'numberposts' => 3 );
$lastposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach($lastposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
<h2>Latest News Article <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_post_thumbnail(); the_excerpt(); ?><!--If you want to include images and full post use the_content and for thumbnails the_post_thumbnail(); see http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_post_thumbnail -->
<?php endforeach; ?></div><!--#entry-content-->
<!--end of post addition by Klick Design http://www.klick-design.co.uk/wordpress-latest-news-page-with-excerpts/-->
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
you need to overwrite the WordPress default query. WordPress automatically query for you normally apart from custom template.
please check here
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts
Usage is
// if you want to use the id, you can get the id by hovering the category name and it show at bottom left corner of the window.
query_posts( 'cat=1' );
//if you want to use slug which you can find by click edit link of the category name in category section
query_posts( 'cat=headline' );
//just before this while loop
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
echo '<li>';
the_title();
echo '</li>';
endwhile;
// Reset Query
wp_reset_query();
Hope you would be okay with this 🙂
Cheers KaugKo Can you see any issues with this?
<?php
/**
* Template Name: Latest News
*
* This is the template that displays all pages by default.
* Please note that this is the WordPress construct of pages
* and that other 'pages' on your WordPress site will use a
* different template.
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Twelve
* @since Twenty Twelve 1.0
*/
get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary" class="site-content">
<div id="content" role="main">
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); //added Wp_Query?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'page' ); ?>
<!--Klick Design Added to show latest post on Latest News Page-->
<div class="entry-content"> <?php
$args = array( 'numberposts' => 3 );
$lastposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach($lastposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
<h2>Latest News Article <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_post_thumbnail(); the_excerpt(); ?><!--If you want to include images and full post use the_content and for thumbnails the_post_thumbnail(); see http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_post_thumbnail -->
<?php endforeach; ?></div><!--#entry-content-->
<!--end of post addition by Klick Design -->
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_postdata();// end of the loop. and wp_reset?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Added WP_Query for get_posts and WP_Reset.
and use ‘category’ => 1 to pick the category?
Thank you for the responses. However, much of the code and query stuff is beyond me. Is there any way you could possibly simplify what I need to do (in terms for someone who does not know code.) Thanks again for your help.
Have you posted in your themes support might be worth ago.
