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1. nickgarren
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm using the following code to pull one recent post and display it on my page.php file, it works fine but I want to make it pull from a specific category, how can do this?

   <?php $recentpost = new WP_Query("showposts=1"); while($recentpost->have_posts()) : $recentpost->the_post(); ?>

   Thanks

   Nick

2. t-p
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   see this thread:

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-10-recent-posts-from-only-1-category?replies=4

3. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Try:
   <?php $recentpost = new WP_Query("showposts=1&&category__in=xx");

   where xx = your chosen category id.

4. nickgarren
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Try:
   <?php $recentpost = new WP_Query("showposts=1&&category__in=xx");

   where xx = your chosen category id.

   I couldn't get that piece of code to work, maybe I should have posted the entire snip-it of code I'm using on my page.php file

   here is my entire snip-it:

   <div id="content-inner">
   	          <h1 class="post-title">Featured Mountain Hardware Website</h1>
                      <div> &nbsp;</div>
                       <?php $recentpost = new WP_Query("showposts=1"); while($recentpost->have_posts()) : $recentpost->the_post(); ?>
                         <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
                          <div> &nbsp;</div>
                           <?php the_content(); ?>
                             <?php endwhile; ?>
                              </div>

5. t-p
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   try this:

   <?php
   //display 5 post from category 77
      $args=array(
      'showposts'=>5,
      'category__in' => array(77),
      'caller_get_posts'=>1
      );
   $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
   if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
   while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   <p><small><?php the_time('m.d.y') ?></small> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
   <?php
   the_content(); //use the_excerpt() for a summary
   ?>
   <?php
   //this is necessary to show the tags
   global $wp_query;
   $wp_query->in_the_loop = true;
   endwhile;
   }
   ?>

6. nickgarren
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks t-p!

   problem solved!!

7. t-p
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Glad you got it working. :-)

   Please mark this thread "resolved" using the dropdown in the right panel.

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