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1. kennethwatt
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi guys
   In my header, I have a list of recent posts. This should be controlled by its own loop:
   

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

   However, it shows whatever the page content is meant to be displaying; author pages showing the author's posts, pages showing the page title, posts showing the post title.
   What should I change that code to to make sure it shows a list of the 6 latest posts?
   Thanks
   K

2. muthukswamy
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Use <?php wp_reset_query(); ?> before making your call for next loop.
   Read more at: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts

3. kennethwatt
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi there
   Not working I'm afraid.
   It's like the actual request the page is making for which ever post it's on, cancels out the header loop :S
   Thanks anyway :)

4. muthukswamy
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Can you post the full code here.

5. kennethwatt
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sorry, tweaked it a bit to this:
   

   <?php
   
   //The Query
   query_posts('showposts=5');
   
   //The Loop
   if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title=""><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endwhile; else: ?>
    		<li>Something went bang... please try again later.</li>
   <?php endif;
   
   //Reset Query
   wp_reset_query();
   
   ?>

   Thanks :)

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