Title: Mini-loop
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Mini-loop

 *  [deaftone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deaftone/)
 * (@deaftone)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/)
 * I read up on the info provided by codex on how to setup a mini loop on a page
   outside of wordpress and that’s working fine, but im having such a hard time.
   This is the code im using:
 *     ```
       <?php
       $how_many=5; //How many posts do you want to show
       require_once('domains/news.deaf-monkey.com/html/wp-config.php'); // Change this for your path to wp-config.php file ?>
   
       <ol id="whats-new">
       <?
       $news=$wpdb->get_results("SELECT <code>ID</code>,<code>post_title</code> FROM $wpdb->posts
       WHERE <code>post_type</code>=\"post\" AND <code>post_status</code>=\"publish\" ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT $how_many");
       foreach($news as $np){
       printf ("<li><a href=\"http://news.deaf-monkey.com/index.php?p=%s\">%s</a></li>", $np->ID,$np->post_title);
       }?>
       </ol>
       ```
   
 * But the problem im having is whenever i try to modify it i just end up messing
   it up, i was wondering if anyone could help me customize it in such a way that
   i can remove the way it uses a numbering system to display the posts. To make
   it easier i think the latest blog posts section at the bottom of [http://www.dreamten.com](http://www.dreamten.com)
   is exactly how i want my mini-loop to look like, which shows the date, comments
   and even the small 1px margins separating each post.

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 *  Thread Starter [deaftone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deaftone/)
 * (@deaftone)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/page/2/#post-942241)
 * I think it’s on now, here it is:
 *     ```
       <?php
       $how_many=5; //How many posts do you want to show
       require_once('/nfs/c03/h04/mnt/57867/domains/news.deaf-monkey.com/html/wp-config.php'); // Change this for your path to wp-config.php file ?>
   
       <ul id="whats-new">
       <?
       $news=$wpdb->get_results("SELECT <code>ID</code>,<code>post_title</code>,<code>comment_count</code>,<code>post_date</code> FROM $wpdb->posts
       WHERE <code>post_type</code>=\"post\" AND <code>post_status</code>=\"publish\" ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT $how_many");
       foreach($news as $np){
       printf ("<li><a href=\"%s\">%s</a> Posted: %s Comments: %s</li>", get_permalink($np->ID),$np->post_title,$np->post_date,$np->comment_count);
       } ?>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * It’s showing nothing atm. [http://www.deaf-monkey.com](http://www.deaf-monkey.com)
 *  [bekabug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bekabug/)
 * (@bekabug)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/page/2/#post-942247)
 * Ok I am sorry I am making you more confused. Put your permalinks back to Default
   because they worked at one time.
 *     ```
       <?php
       $how_many=5; //How many posts do you want to show
       require_once('domains/news.deaf-monkey.com/html/wp-config.php'); // Change this for your path to wp-config.php file ?>
   
       <ul id="whats-new">
       <?
       $news=$wpdb->get_results("SELECT <code>ID</code>, <code>comment_count</code>, <code>post_date</code>,<code>post_title</code> FROM $wpdb->posts
       WHERE <code>post_type</code>=\"post\" AND <code>post_status</code>=\"publish\" ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT $how_many");
       foreach($news as $np){
       printf ("<li>%s <a href=\"http://news.deaf-monkey.com/index.php?p=%s\">%s</a> %s</li>", $np->post_date,$np->ID,$np->post_title,$np->comment_count);
       }?>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [deaftone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deaftone/)
 * (@deaftone)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/page/2/#post-942249)
 * Alright, i just put permalinks back to default
    and i just used the code you 
   posted, still shows nothing ); dammit
 *  [bekabug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bekabug/)
 * (@bekabug)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/page/2/#post-942250)
 * interesting…can you put your original code in and see if it works again?
 *  Thread Starter [deaftone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deaftone/)
 * (@deaftone)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/page/2/#post-942252)
 * Lol, i just put in the original code which worked earlier. Now it doesnt O_O
 *  [bekabug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bekabug/)
 * (@bekabug)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/page/2/#post-942256)
 * You are taking the code tags out, right?
 *  Thread Starter [deaftone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deaftone/)
 * (@deaftone)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/page/2/#post-942257)
 * LOL! I forgot to do that for the last 2 tries, but it’s up now.
 * I’m using the latest piece of code you gave me:
 *     ```
       <?php
       $how_many=5; //How many posts do you want to show
       require_once('domains/news.deaf-monkey.com/html/wp-config.php'); // Change this for your path to wp-config.php file ?>
   
       <ul id="whats-new">
       <?
       $news=$wpdb->get_results("SELECT <code>ID</code>, <code>comment_count</code>, <code>post_date</code>,<code>post_title</code> FROM $wpdb->posts
       WHERE <code>post_type</code>=\"post\" AND <code>post_status</code>=\"publish\" ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT $how_many");
       foreach($news as $np){
       printf ("<li>%s <a href=\"http://news.deaf-monkey.com/index.php?p=%s\">%s</a> %s</li>", $np->post_date,$np->ID,$np->post_title,$np->comment_count);
       }?>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * It looks alot better than earlier, now i guess it’s the part where i need to 
   customize it to look something like the mini loop that dreamten.com has. Just
   as i asked earlier, is this too difficult for a newbie or?
 *  [bekabug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bekabug/)
 * (@bekabug)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/page/2/#post-942262)
 * Ok phew! I thought I was losing my mind
 * Open a new thread and ask for help on formatting the date and i can help you 
   after you get that fixed. I could figure the date thing out but I can’t test 
   it and going back and forth is wearing me out. Better to find someone who actually
   knows how to do it..
 * Good luck
 *  Thread Starter [deaftone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deaftone/)
 * (@deaftone)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop/page/2/#post-942302)
 * Yeah, been a few hours now, hopefully someone gives some feedback to the other
   thread i made, the current mini loop is just horrid loll.

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