Title: Most recent posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Most recent posts

 *  Resolved [mithrustt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mithrustt/)
 * (@mithrustt)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-recent-posts-2-2/)
 * OK, I know how make it so the most recent posts show. What I want to do is show
   the five most recent posts minus the very first one (the one that just came off
   the press, so to speak).
 * This is the code I have to show the five most recent posts, and it works:
 * `<?php $the_query = new WP_Query('cat=37, 39, 40&showposts=5&orderby=post_date&
   order=desc');`
 * I just need to edit it so that it doesn’t show the very most recent post. Anyone
   know how I can achieve this? Thanks.

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 *  [Kalessin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalessin/)
 * (@kalessin)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-recent-posts-2-2/#post-766130)
 * I think what you’re looking for is here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Offset_Parameter](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Offset_Parameter)
 *  Thread Starter [mithrustt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mithrustt/)
 * (@mithrustt)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-recent-posts-2-2/#post-766132)
 * Ah! Thank you very much. All resolved now.

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