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1. Arve Systad
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi, i'm having a tiny struggle with the query_posts() function.

   query_posts('showposts=2'); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> [post-content-stuff]

   Works like a charm. When i add &cat=-19 to the query_posts parameter, it only returns the two very first posts ever to be posted, not the two last ones - which results in my front page showing over four year old posts.

   Why is this? It seems to work just fine for everyone else wanting to exclude a category, so i must obviously be doing something wrong...

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   What version of MySQL is in use on your host?

   Wonder what happens if you use the order=DESC parameter?

   Resource: template tag, query_posts()

3. Arve Systad
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   My host runs MySQL 5, and the order=DESC (alone and along with orderby=date) has no effect. Also tried adding all the parameters as an array, with the same result. :\

4. Arve Systad
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ok, i did it the other way around. Stupid way to do it really, but since i'll probably never add more categories, so it's not a big issue.

   cat=1,2,3,4,5.... - adding all, except the one i want to exclude worked. :)

5. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Note, there is a known bug with MySQL 5.0.51 (and maybe other versions).

   Should have pointed to this before:
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/154622

6. Arve Systad
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Aah, I see. Well, then i know the reason why, so i'm pleased. Thanks a lot :)

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