Title: Check my code please
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Check my code please

 *  [kahnoya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kahnoya/)
 * (@kahnoya)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-my-code-please/)
 * I’m trying to create headlines on the index page, one directory up from the blog.
   This code spits the format I want but it repeats it 3 times. So instead of the
   last 5 posts it shows 15 posts. Also I wondering what I need to show the content
   of the first latest post and just keep the other 4 just titles. Thanks!
 * <?php if ($posts) : foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
    <?php $posts 
   = get_posts(‘numberposts=5’); foreach ($posts as $post) { start_wp(); ?> <?php
   the_time(‘m.d.y’); ?> ~ ” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link: <?php the_title();?
   >”><?php the_title(); ?> <br> <?php } ?>

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-my-code-please/#post-142809)
 * Use this for what you’re after:
 * `<?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=1'); foreach ($posts as $post) { start_wp();?
   >
    <?php the_time('m.d.y'); ?> ~ <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark"
   title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a><br />
   <?php the_content(); ?> <?php } ?>
 * `<?php $posts = get_posts('offset=1&numberposts=4'); foreach ($posts as $post){
   start_wp(); ?>
    <?php the_time('m.d.y'); ?> ~ <a href="<?php the_permalink();?
   >" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title();?
   ></a><br /> <?php } ?>
 *  Thread Starter [kahnoya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kahnoya/)
 * (@kahnoya)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-my-code-please/#post-143166)
 * That’s some nice work. Thanks.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [kahnoya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kahnoya/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-my-code-please/#post-143166)
 * Status: not resolved

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