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1. atdheh
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello, I'm showing recent posts with this:
   

   <ul><li><h2>Recent posts</h2><ul>
   <?php wp_get_archives('title_li=&type=postbypost&limit=15'); ?>

   This code to me only display my 15 recent post titles (linked):
   Postname1
   Postname2
   ...
   Postname15

   1.
   Now I want to display category name too, example:
   category - postname1
   category - postname2
   ...
   category - postname3

   2.
   How to exclude posts from a category, example to exclude posts from category 88.

   Thank you.

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   This might be easier:

   <?php
       $args=array(
         'showposts'=>15,
         'category__not_in' => array(88),
         'caller_get_posts'=>1
       );
       $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
       if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
         echo '15 recent Posts';
         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
         <p> <?php the_category(', '); ?> -
         <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
          <?php
         endwhile;
       } //if ($my_query)
     wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
   ?>

3. atdheh
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   MichaelH thank you, its working perfectly.

   But I have one question more:
   Its anyway to add this in sidebar?

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   That could go in the sidebar template (probably sidebar.php) or even in a PHP Code Widget

5. trefethen
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Is there an easy way for a non PHP guy like me to exclude post from certain categories while showing the recent posts of another category in the sidebar?

   I appreciate all the help you can provide.

   ~ John

6. muymalestado
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Is this what atdheh is asking ?

   trefethen may also be asking the same question I have - in the Recent Posts sidebar widget is it possible to exclude posts of a specified category?

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