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1. thehobbo
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Hi

   I've just ran into an issue with WordPress 3.1.3 install. I'm pulling out all posts from a particular category in random order, all good.
   $postslist = get_posts('orderby=rand&cat=24');

   However I'd realised it wasn't pulling all the posts - only the latest 5. To 'fix' it I added the &numberposts= query to the string and now it works as it should.
   $postslist = get_posts('orderby=rand&cat=24&numberposts=');

   Is this a bug or is there a default number of posts? Or is it related to the Reading Settings? (Which was set to 6 anyway?)

   Cheers

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #

   It's not a bug. You have to specify the number of posts to retrieve when using get_posts.

3. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 11 months ago #

   The default of 5 is probably set to whatever you have in the reading settings.

4. thehobbo
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Thanks for the replies.
   I assumed all posts would be retrieved if no numberposts value given.
   Seems odd that by querying with &numberposts= with no value returns all...

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