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1. Saint Jermaine
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi guys,

   I have a self-hosted WordPress Blog and I'm having a problem showing more than one recent post in my sidebar.

   Here is the code I'm using to display my most recent blog post in my sidebar--

   <h4>Latest Post</h4>
   
   			<?php query_posts("post_per_page=3"); the_post(); ?>
   
   			<div class="sidebar-post">
   				<p class="date"><?php the_date(); ?></p>
   				<p><img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "Thumbnail", true);?>" /></p>
   				<h5><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h5>
   				<p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
   			</div>
   
   			<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

   [please use backticks or the 'code' button to mark code; it will keep the code intact.
   you can already see that the link html got corrupted by posting code the wrong way.]

   It works fine, except that no matter what number I put in the "post_per_page=3", it only returns one post. I would like to display at least 3 recent posts. Can anyone help?

   Thanks a lot!

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   it is actually the plural: 'posts_per_page'

   also, you need a loop structure after the query:

   <?php query_posts("posts_per_page=3"); while( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

   and then at the end:

   <?php endwhile;
   wp_reset_query(); ?>

3. Saint Jermaine
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That worked perfectly. Thank you so much!

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