Loop Cancelled Out By Other Loop

  • Resolved kennethwatt

    (@kennethwatt)


    14 years, 6 months ago

    Hi guys
    In my header, I have a list of recent posts. This should be controlled by its own loop:

    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

    However, it shows whatever the page content is meant to be displaying; author pages showing the author’s posts, pages showing the page title, posts showing the post title.
    What should I change that code to to make sure it shows a list of the 6 latest posts?
    Thanks
    K

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  • muthukswamy

    (@muthukswamy)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Use <?php wp_reset_query(); ?> before making your call for next loop.
    Read more at: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts

    Thread Starter kennethwatt

    (@kennethwatt)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Hi there
    Not working I’m afraid.
    It’s like the actual request the page is making for which ever post it’s on, cancels out the header loop :S
    Thanks anyway 🙂

    muthukswamy

    (@muthukswamy)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Can you post the full code here.

    Thread Starter kennethwatt

    (@kennethwatt)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Sorry, tweaked it a bit to this:

    <?php

//The Query
query_posts('showposts=5');

//The Loop
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title=""><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
 		<li>Something went bang... please try again later.</li>
<?php endif;

//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();

?>

    Thanks 🙂

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