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1. thwart1
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Not a PHP guy at all, so hoping this is a really easy question.

   I've created 3 columns for each of my 3 categories. I'd like each column to list (as a hyperlink) the last 5 articles for each category.

   Below the article title is the timestamp: ie., Friday, January 20, 2012 at 4:11:34 PM

   All I've been able to do is pull in full articles without titles.

   Can anyone point me to the code for this?

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 3 months ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_posts
   Multiple Loops

3. thwart1
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Thanks. Still not fully getting it though - here's the code I'm using...

   <?php
   $args = array( 'numberposts' => 5, 'category' => , 'orderby' => 'rand' );
   $rand_posts = get_posts( $args );
   foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) : ?>
   	<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endforeach; ?>

   But I don't know how to make the category work. For example, one of my categories is "health food". How do I make this just show posts from "health food"?

4. thwart1
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Sorry - THIS is the code I'm using now that needs help:

   <?php
   $args = array( 'numberposts' => 3, 'orderby' => 'new' );
   $rand_posts = get_posts( $args );
   foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) : ?>
   	<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endforeach; ?>

5. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 3 months ago #

   there is an example in the codex which virtually matches your needs:
   please read http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts#Examples

   'new' is not one of the accepted 'orderby' parameters; try to use 'date' plus 'order' => 'ASC'

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters

   or use WP_Query() http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

6. thwart1
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   I was looking at that. The problem I have with the example... category' => 1 );
   is that I have no idea what number my category is. This example says 1 returns the wrong category.

   How do I find out?

7. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 3 months ago #

   when you know the category name, you can use:

   get_cat_ID()

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

   example:

   <ul>
   <?php
   $cat1_id = get_cat_ID('Categoryname1');
   $args = array( 'numberposts' => 5, 'category' => $cat1_id, 'order' => 'ASC' );
   $myposts = get_posts( $args );
   if( $myposts ) foreach( $myposts as $post ) :	setup_postdata($post); ?>
   	<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endforeach; ?>
   </ul>

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