Title: Display specific post only
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Display specific post only

 *  [sf23103](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sf23103/)
 * (@sf23103)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-post-only/)
 * I have a category heading on the left with all posts in that category listed 
   below. When the user clicks on a specific post, I want that post (and that post
   only) to display.
 * I used I used `query_posts($query_string.'&posts_per_page=1');` but when you 
   click on a specific post in that category, only the most recent post shows up.
 * How can I just display the selected post, and that post only?
 * Thanks!!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-post-only/#post-2203273)
 * Try removing that query. WordPress displays the single post by default.
 *  Thread Starter [sf23103](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sf23103/)
 * (@sf23103)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-post-only/#post-2203279)
 * If I remove `query_posts($query_string.'&posts_per_page=1');` it displays all
   of the posts in that category no matter which one I click on.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-post-only/#post-2203282)
 * Dos your theme have a single php file?
 *  Thread Starter [sf23103](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sf23103/)
 * (@sf23103)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-post-only/#post-2203288)
 * Yes it does. How do I get it to utilize that?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-post-only/#post-2203425)
 * WordPress uses the single.php template file automatically.

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