Hi. I have a PHP code from my theme that's like this.
<div class="box">
<?php
include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/version.php');
$the_query = new WP_Query('cat=-'. $ex_feat . ',-' . $ex_vid . '&showposts=' . $showposts . '&orderby=post_date&order=desc');
$counter = 0;
while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
?>
<?php $counter++; ?>
<div class="post-alt blog" <?php if ( ($counter == 4) ) { echo 'style="background:none !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;"'; ?><?php } ?>>
<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image', true) ) { ?> <!-- DISPLAYS THE IMAGE URL SPECIFIED IN THE CUSTOM FIELD -->
<img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/thumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "image", $single = true); ?>&h=57&w=100&zc=1&q=90" alt="" class="th" />
<?php } else { ?> <!-- DISPLAY THE DEFAULT IMAGE, IF CUSTOM FIELD HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED -->
<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/no-img-thumb.jpg" alt="" class="th" />
<?php } ?>
<h2><?php the_category(', ') ?></h2>
<h3><a title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<p class="posted">Posted on <?php the_time('d F Y'); ?></p>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('<span class="continue">Continue Reading</span>'); ?>
</div>
<p class="comments"><?php comments_popup_link('Comments (0)', 'Comments (1)', 'Comments (%)'); ?></p>
</div><!--/post-->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="fix"></div>
</div>
However, I would like to change it so then it'll only display posts from a certain category, like category #1 (updates)
Is that possible?