I'm currently using query_posts to select posts with a specific tag to display. I have to do this a total of 6 times on one page, with a different tag being pulled each time.
I know there's got to be a better way to do this... I'm getting some page load delays from the code below. Any help is greatly appreciated!
<?php query_posts('tag=home_1&category=1&posts_per_page=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?> role="article">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'home-thumbnails' ); ?>
<header class="article-header">
<h1><?php the_title(); ?><img src="/wp-content/themes/az***/library/images/arrows.png" class="arrow" alt="Post Arrows" title="post arrows" /></a></h1>
</header><!-- end article header -->
</article><!-- end article -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php rewind_posts; ?>
<?php query_posts('tag=home_2&category=1&posts_per_page=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?> role="article">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'home-thumbnails' ); ?>
<header class="article-header">
<h1><?php the_title(); ?><img src="/wp-content/themes/az***/library/images/arrows.png" class="arrow" alt="Post Arrows" title="post arrows" /></a></h1>
</header><!-- end article header -->
</article><!-- end article -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php rewind_posts; ?>
<?php query_posts('tag=home_3&category=1&posts_per_page=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?> role="article">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'home-thumbnails' ); ?>
<header class="article-header">
<h1><?php the_title(); ?><img src="/wp-content/themes/az***/library/images/arrows.png" class="arrow" alt="Post Arrows" title="post arrows" /></a></h1>
</header><!-- end article header -->
</article><!-- end article -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php rewind_posts; ?>
<?php query_posts('tag=home_4&category=1&posts_per_page=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?> role="article">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'home-thumbnails' ); ?>
<header class="article-header">
<h1><?php the_title(); ?><img src="/wp-content/themes/az***/library/images/arrows.png" class="arrow" alt="Post Arrows" title="post arrows" /></a></h1>
</header><!-- end article header -->
</article><!-- end article -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php rewind_posts; ?>
<?php query_posts('tag=home_5&category=1&posts_per_page=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?> role="article">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'home-thumbnails' ); ?>
<header class="article-header">
<h1><?php the_title(); ?><img src="/wp-content/themes/az***/library/images/arrows.png" class="arrow" alt="Post Arrows" title="post arrows" /></a></h1>
</header><!-- end article header -->
</article><!-- end article -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php rewind_posts; ?>
<?php query_posts('tag=home_6&category=1&posts_per_page=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?> role="article">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'home-thumbnails' ); ?>
<header class="article-header">
<h1><?php the_title(); ?><img src="/wp-content/themes/az***/library/images/arrows.png" class="arrow" alt="Post Arrows" title="post arrows" /></a></h1>
</header><!-- end article header -->
</article><!-- end article -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php rewind_posts; ?>
