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1. jordas
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi,

   I just found Michael H's very nice solution to get a single post form each category on your page.

   <?php // cycle through categories, print 1 post for each category
   $categories=get_categories('orderby=name&order=ASC');
     foreach($categories as $category) {
         $posts=get_posts('showposts=1&cat='. $category->term_id);
         if ($posts) {
           echo '<p>Category: <a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a> </p> ';
           foreach($posts as $post) {
             setup_postdata($post); ?>
             <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
             <?php
           } // foreach($posts
         } // if ($posts
       } // foreach($categories
   ?>

   It's working magic, but I just need it even more specific. I cannot figure out how to omit categories from this query. I don't want to show the 'uncatagorised' category for instance.

   To make it even more complicated I would like to omit the category that has most recently been posted in as well. Anyone any ideas?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 7 months ago #

   get_categories() has a exclude parameter

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_categories

   I would like to omit the category that has most recently been posted in

   might be possibly with an extra get_posts() snippet;

   replace:
   

   $categories=get_categories('orderby=name&order=ASC');

   with:
   

   $exclude = '1'; //exclude 'uncategorized'//
   $last = get_posts('numberposts=1'); //get the last post
   $last_cats = get_the_category($last[0]->ID); //get the category(ies) from the last post and add to the exclude list//
   foreach($last_cats as $last_cat) {
   $exclude .= ','.$last_cat->term_id;
   }
   $categories=get_categories('orderby=name&order=ASC&exclude='.$exclude);

   (one post per category with some excludes)
   full code: http://pastebin.com/ZpRYiuLA

   (not much tested)

3. jordas
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   You are my hero alchymyth,

   works like a charm!

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