Title: Displaying only latest post
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Displaying only latest post

 *  [downbylaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/downbylaw/)
 * (@downbylaw)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-only-latest-post/)
 * Howdy,
    Ok, someone might have done this already, but I can’t find it. I’m currently
   running an “art commune” kinda-thing at [http://www.strawpixel.com](http://www.strawpixel.com)
   and I’m trying to figure out how to do a simple(?) thing. I’d like to be able
   to only show the latest post in a category or on the front page, with a “Next
   Post” “Previous Post” button over the post. The reason for this is simple: two
   of the artists working on the site are graphic artists and, well, they post pictures.
   It’s annoying for the user to get all of that artists artwork download everytime
   they go into that category. I’ve tought about using a image slideshow instead,
   but I’d like to use the same method for the other non-visual artists (ie, writers).
   I’m fairly new at PHP, but can’t seem to be able to wrap my head around this.
   It would be somewhere in The Loop, right? Can I just not use the Loop and simply
   post the latest entry only? Help!

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 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-only-latest-post/#post-108013)
 * Easy! Log in as the admin, and in the Options->Reading page, set “What to show”
   to 1 post.
    That will show only the latest post. In order to add the next / previous
   link, you will need to add some code in index.php. The following page should 
   get you started: [http://wiki.wordpress.org/link_pages](http://wiki.wordpress.org/link_pages)
   also take a look at [http://wiki.wordpress.org/TemplateTags](http://wiki.wordpress.org/TemplateTags)
   for a few pre-fabricated template tags that you can use to make your life easier
   🙂
 *  Thread Starter [downbylaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/downbylaw/)
 * (@downbylaw)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-only-latest-post/#post-108099)
 * That only works for the front page! it doesn’t seem to affect the different categories,
   which is where I really want this to work!

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 * Last reply from: [downbylaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/downbylaw/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-only-latest-post/#post-108099)
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