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1. chanel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm trying to show the 5 recent posts in my bar with this loop:
   <?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>

   However, it changes my main index content from showing 3 blog posts to 5 posts.

   Is there a way to show recent posts in my sidebar without it interfering with my main content?

   Note: I do not want to use the "recent posts" widget because I am using my own alteration of the loop. Example below:
   

   <?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>
   <ul>
                   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                   <li class="latestpost">
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <br /><span class="latestpostmeta"><?php the_time('M jS, Y') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> </span></li>
                   <?php endwhile; ?>
                   </ul>

   You can view it at http://kisschanel.com/blog, located under "Recent Posts" in the sidebar.

2. ambrosite
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Try the get_posts function, rather than query_posts:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts

3. chanel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for the response ambrosite. But I tried that already and it only fetched 3 posts, which is what's set in my Reading settings. I need for it to be different than what's showing on the main content.

4. ambrosite
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   In that case, you'll need to create a custom loop using WP_Query. Something like this:

   <?php
   $recentPosts = new WP_Query();
   $recentPosts->query('showposts=5');
   while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post(); ?>
           <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
           <p><?php the_content(); ?></p>
   <?php endwhile; ?>

5. chanel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That didn't work ambrosite. Here's the scenario:

   left side : Only supposed to show 3 blog posts in it's entirety.
   right sidebar : Only supposed to show 5 listings of the recently posted blog TITLES, date, and comment count. Not the content.

6. ambrosite
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   OK, well if you want the date to display instead of the content, just replace the_content with the_time, like this:

   <?php
   $recentPosts = new WP_Query();
   $recentPosts->query('showposts=5');
   while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post(); ?>
           <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
           <p><?php the_time(); ?></p>
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   If you paste that code into your sidebar, does it display the five posts you are looking for?

7. ambrosite
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Actually, building on the code snippet you posted originally, I suppose what you really want is this:

   <?php
   $recentPosts = new WP_Query();
   $recentPosts->query('showposts=5'); ?>
   <ul>
   <?php while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post(); ?>
   <li class="latestpost">
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <br /><span class="latestpostmeta"><?php the_time('M jS, Y') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> </span></li>
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   </ul>

8. chanel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That last submission worked perfectly. Thank you ambrosite!

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