Posted 8 months ago #
Hi
My theme (Imbalance) retrieves 2 featured posts in the sidebar with :
query_posts("showposts=2&offset=1");
but it always calls the 2 same featured posts.
Is there a way to adjust the query to retrieve the adjacent (previous and next) posts in the same category?
Posted 8 months ago #
the full php string might be useful
<?php
wp_reset_query();
query_posts("showposts=2&offset=1");
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
thanks
Is there a way to adjust the query to retrieve the adjacent (previous and next) posts in the same category?
Nope - but you could randomize the post order.
<?php
wp_reset_query();
query_posts("posts_per_page=2&offset=1&orderby=rand");
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
Posted 8 months ago #
Thanks esmi for the fast suggestion.
There must be a way to call the adjacent post, plugins like post navigation do it.
query_posts() is maybe not the best solution, what about wp_query() or get_adjacent_post()?
But randomizing is a really cool idea, even maybe better.
In theory, it is possible to grab the previous and next posts but I think it would mean running 2 extra queries just for that - which you might want to have a think about first.
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