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1. artslob
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello. I'm trying to make a category display instead of random posts in slide.php of Zinmag Tribune theme.

   I'm editing slide.php which rotates thumbnails and descriptions of certain posts. originally the code looked like this

   $my_query = new WP_Query('orderby=rand &showpost=2');
   while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;

   I would just like to switch the 'orderby=rand to display posts from a specific category instead of random posts.

   I did change it to 'orderby=category and it is now only displaying posts from the front page for some reason. Any help greatly appreciated.

   cheers

2. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   try:

   my_query = new WP_Query('posts_per_page=2&cat=8');

   Change 8 to the category ID you want

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts

3. artslob
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   works like a charm! Thank you so much!

   It should be noted that you also need a $ at the beginning for the call to function
   $my_query = new WP_Query('posts_per_page=2&cat=8');

4. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Oops, didn't copy paste the whole thing. Glad you got it working.

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