Posted 4 years ago #
Hi there,
I have been searching for a clean solution for the following:
On my frontpage I want to show one (the most recent) post per category.
If I have five categories I would like to list 5 posts (one per category.)
Can anyone offer advice how to do this in the loop??
This search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+one+post+per+category
Found, among others, this:
http://www.bioneural.net/2006/06/02/listing-the-latest-post-from-each-category/
Posted 4 years ago #
The link MichaelH supplied doesn't offer the flexibility to 'play' with the layout.
What I've now done is used the 'loop' below and specified the category id's I wanted to show an article of.
<?php
query_posts("cat=15&showposts=1");
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
?>
<b>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></b>
<p><?php the_content(''); ?></p>
<div class="hppostmeta">
<p><?php the_date('l, F j, Y'); ?> | " rel="bookmark">Read the story ยป</p>
</div>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
This works fine with just one problem:
When I use the loop above more than once in my homepage the date is only show correctly the first time..
any pointers?
The_Loop - see the multiple loops section.
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