You can add a query post string to your index.php to change the order of posts as described here Template Tags/query posts « WordPress Codex so the most recent post is at the #4 spot (assuming the permanent posts #1 to #3 will always have older publication dates.
Or you set your reading maximum to 3 posts and put a new query in your template to show the one lastest post in that category, with excerpt parameters and styling to make it look the same as the other posts:
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=mycategory&showposts=1'); ?><?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a><?php the_excerpt();?><?php endwhile; ?>
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andao
(@andao)
Reverse chronological order would be perfect, could you send the code for that? Which php should I edit? Index? Thank you.
I work in a theme called Thesis and I wanted to do the same thing. I got advice on their forum to put this code into something in thesis called a custom_functions.php file but that’s within the theme so I don’t know where you’d put it if you had a different theme.
function reorder_posts() {
if (is_category()) {
global $query;
query_posts($query . 'order=ASC');
}
}
add_action('thesis_hook_before_content','reorder_posts');
BUT the reason I’m over on this forum is because when I use that code, EVERY post comes up on every category list, even if it’s not actually in that category.
The site is http://mysticscribbles.com/ if anyone wants to see what happens – that links to a category page where only the very last post is supposed to display. YIKES! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you in advance,
Sandee
