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1. Amanda_a
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Thank u for ur time first and foremost!

   My wordpress posts are split into categories. When u arrive at a specific post in the sidebar I'm trying to display more posts from that same category.

   I am using:
   query_posts("showposts=3&orderby=rand&cat='.$category_id");

   Where $category_id is defined here:
   

   <?php
   
   foreach((get_the_category()) as $category) {
   $category_id = $category->cat_ID . '';
   $category_name = $category->cat_name . '';
   	}
   ?>

   The problem is that I notice the post I am viewing appearing in the randomly generated query on my sidebar. Is there a way to ensure the post I am on doesn't appear within this query?

   The beta can be seen here: Beta

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 7 months ago #

   to exclude the current post from the random list, change this:
   

   query_posts("showposts=3&orderby=rand&cat='.$category_id");

   to:
   

   global $post; query_posts( array('posts_per_page' => 3, 'orderby' => 'rand', 'cat' => $category_id, 'post__not_in' => array($post->ID)) );

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters

3. Amanda_a
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Thank you – This worked marvelously!

   I had to change:

   'post_per_page' => 3,

   To:

   'showposts' => 3,

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 7 months ago #

   my mistake - should read: 'posts_per_page'

   I'm going to correct that in my earlier reply ;-)

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