Title: Loop start point  (possible feature request)
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Loop start point (possible feature request)

 *  [Oz22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oz22/)
 * (@oz22)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-start-point-possible-feature-request/)
 * Hello Eliot
    For the moment I have had to code this. I am using child pages but
   this could apply to any query.
 * Let’s say I have a page with 10 children.
    I can list them now sorted alphabetically.
   I would liked to do the same but start at child 8
 * giving me
    child8 child9 child10 child1 … child7 The starting point is variable
   in my case is the day of the week. Any suggestions Thanks. Ousmane Ou
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 *  [Peter Berger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterpolow/)
 * (@peterpolow)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-start-point-possible-feature-request/#post-6372315)
 * What about the offset function?
 * “offset – offset the loop by a number of posts; for example: offset=3 to skip
   the first three”
 *  Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/)
 * (@miyarakira)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-start-point-possible-feature-request/#post-6372332)
 * That’s exactly what I was thinking, Peter, thanks again for your input. 🙂
 * Looking at Oz22’s description, I see it’s more complicated. The _offset_ parameter
   doesn’t display the skipped posts. Using _offset=8_, the loop would display:
 * child8 child9 child10..
 * ..but not child1~7 after.
 * The only way I can imagine doing it is:
 *     ```
       [loop type=post offset=8] .. [/loop]
       [loop type=post count=7] .. [/loop]
       ```
   
 * ..but you would have to duplicate the same template for each loop.

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