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1. lonewolfonline
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi,
   I am trying to show the latest posts for a category(ies) on a non-wordpress site. I used to do this with a somple sql query but since the change to 2.3 I can't do that any more.

   Instead, I have tried using:

   function showHeadlines($entrytype = '', $items = 4)
   {
     require('wordpress/wp-blog-header.php'); 
   
     $query = 'showposts=' . $items;
     if ($entrytype != '')
       $query .= '&cat=' . $entrytype;
   
     query_posts($query);
   
     if ($posts) : foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp();
     $blogContent = get_the_content();
     ?>
         <a>'><?php the_time(’d/m/Y’); ?>: <?php the_title(); ?></a>\n";
         <small><?php add3dots(strip_tags($blogContent),"...",170)?></small>&nbsp;<a>'>Full Story: <?php the_title(); ?></a>
   
   ";
     <?php endforeach; else: ?>
     <?php endif; ?>
   <?}

   Where $entrytype is the comma list of cat id's.

   I found this code on this forum, and on another site, both times it seems to have worked for the person asking, however I am getting an error:

   'Fatal error: Call to a member function hide_errors() on a non-object in /wordpress/wp-includes/functions.php on line 895'

   Can anybody help fix this, or suggest a better way? I don't really want to use RSS as there is too much overhead with that.

   Thanks in advance.

   Tim

2. mattblank
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi,

   I got over this hurdle the other day. Here's what I did:

   Create a php file in your themes i.e. latest.php and put the below code in it:

   -----------

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Latest
   */
   ?>
   <?php
   global $post;
   $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=4&category=8');
   foreach($myposts as $post) :
   setup_postdata($post);
   ?>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
   <?php endforeach; ?>

   -----------

   numberposts=4&category=8
   Is simply what it says, how many posts you want displayed and from which category.

   Then create a page with no content in and call that i.e. latest-posts. Assign your latest.php as the template to be used.

   Then just create a PHP include on the page you want i.e.

   -----------
   

   <? include ("http://www.yourdomain.com/wordpress/latest-posts/");?>

   -----------

   Then it's done!
   Matt

3. lonewolfonline
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I'll give that a try.

   Thanks!

4. softsoft
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I'll give that a try.

   Thanks!

5. mqcarpenter
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   This is great but you need URL file-access to make it work.

6. mqcarpenter
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   FYI this works like a champ:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page#Integrating_WordPress

7. kaistarr
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This is great but you need URL file-access to make it work.

   Try using "readfile" instead of "include," if your host doesn't let you include with a URL (mine doesn't).

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