Title: List posts that were tagged with a certain keyword
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# List posts that were tagged with a certain keyword

 *  [stevoweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevoweb/)
 * (@stevoweb)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-posts-without-a-certain-tag/)
 * Does anyone know if it’s possible to list the latest five posts on a static page,
   but only those posts that have been tagged with a certain keyword?
 * I’ve got this so far, but can’t work out how to filter the post list based on
   what tag was used…
 *     ```
       <?php
       $args = array( 'numberposts' => 5, 'order'=> 'DESC', 'orderby' => 'post_date' );
       $postslist = get_posts( $args );
   
       foreach ($postslist as $post) :  setup_postdata($post); ?>
         <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?>
         <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>">
             <?php the_title(); ?>
         </a>
         <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
       <?php endforeach;
       ?>
       ```
   
 * Any help appreciated.

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-posts-without-a-certain-tag/#post-2386387)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Tag_Parameters](http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Tag_Parameters)
 *  Thread Starter [stevoweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevoweb/)
 * (@stevoweb)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-posts-without-a-certain-tag/#post-2386389)
 * Thanks alchymyth. I have been fiddling around with WP_Query for ages but can’t
   work out how to combine it with what I’ve done so far – for some reason it’s 
   not working.
 * This is all going in a copy of page.php which I’m using as my static front page,
   if that’s any help.
 *  [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/)
 * (@big-bagel)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-posts-without-a-certain-tag/#post-2386391)
 * `get_posts()` uses WP_Query allowing it to use the same parameters.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts#Parameters](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts#Parameters)
 * For example, to narrow your current query to posts with tags that have the slugs“
   tag1” and “tag2”:
 *     ```
       $args = array(
           'numberposts' => 5,
           'order' => 'DESC',
           'orderby' => 'post_date',
           'tag_slug__in' => array( 'tag1', 'tag2' )
       );
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [stevoweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevoweb/)
 * (@stevoweb)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-posts-without-a-certain-tag/#post-2386392)
 * Just to summarise:
 * I can list the latest 5 posts using the code in my original forum post above.
 * Separately, I can list ALL posts tagged with a certain keyword (hotpost) using
   this…
 *     ```
       <?php
       $the_query = new WP_Query( 'tag=hotpost' );
       while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
       ?>
         <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?>
         <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>">
             <?php the_title(); ?>
         </a>
         <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
       <?php endwhile;
       wp_reset_postdata();
       ?>
       ```
   
 * What I can’t work out is how to combine these two snippets.
    - The first code snippet, which uses a foreach loop, lists the five most recent
      posts but doesn’t filter by tag.
    - The second code snippet (above), which uses a while loop, filters by tag but
      doesn’t restrict the number of posts to five.
 * (As you can probably tell I’m no natural coder, so apologies if the solution 
   to this is obvious!)
 *  Thread Starter [stevoweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevoweb/)
 * (@stevoweb)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-posts-without-a-certain-tag/#post-2386393)
 * (Sorry Big Bagel, only just noticed your post. Will look at it now.)
 *  [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/)
 * (@big-bagel)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-posts-without-a-certain-tag/#post-2386394)
 * If you’d prefer to use WP_Query instead:
 *     ```
       $args = array(
           'posts_per_page' => 5,
           'tag' => 'hotspot'
       );
   
       $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [stevoweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevoweb/)
 * (@stevoweb)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-posts-without-a-certain-tag/#post-2386395)
 * Done it!! Thanks all. I didn’t know you could have an array in an array like 
   that. I just needed to add that tag_slug__in property that you mentioned Big 
   Bagel.
 * Full working code:
 *     ```
       <?php
       $args = array( 'numberposts' => 5, 'order'=> 'DESC', 'orderby' => 'post_date', 'tag_slug__in' => array( 'hotposts' ) );
       $postslist = get_posts( $args );
   
       foreach ($postslist as $post) :  setup_postdata($post); ?>
         <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?>
         <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>">
             <?php the_title(); ?>
         </a>
         <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
       <?php endforeach;
       ?>
       ```
   

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