Title: Need some quick help finding a Plugin Please.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Need some quick help finding a Plugin Please.

 *  [remotay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remotay/)
 * (@remotay)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/)
 * Help me find a plugin that can basically Feature posts on my static homepage.
   I have a bunch of articles on a certain category in wordpress, and basically 
   just want this plugin to show the titles of the latest articles [from the specific
   category] on the homepage. I searched WordPress for an hour and a half with no
   luck as I don’t know what to search for exactly, But I know something like this
   should exist.

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 *  [jaclynmarie1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaclynmarie1/)
 * (@jaclynmarie1)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782195)
 * No plugin necessary. Just this bit of coding:
 * **Substitute the \*\*\*\*\* with the category name you want to use (don’t capitalize)
   and the XXXX with the number of posts you wnat viewable.
    _This code will show
   the whole post._
 *     ```
       <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('category_name=*****&showposts=XXXX&orderby=post_date&order=desc');
   
       						while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
   
       						$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
   
       						<li><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_content(), '<a>'); ?></li>
   
       						<?php endwhile; ?>
       ```
   
 * To show only the **excerpt** use this code:
 *     ```
       <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('category_name=*****&showposts=XXXX&orderby=post_date&order=desc');
   
       						while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
   
       						$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
   
       						<li><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt(), '<a>'); ?></li>
   
       						<?php endwhile; ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [remotay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remotay/)
 * (@remotay)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782303)
 * Well, don’t want to show the entire post, Just the Titles of each post like a
   list. Please provide the code for that. and Can I put the code in the Post or
   do I need to go to template? I have Phpexec installed.
 *  [flick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mosey/)
 * (@mosey)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782329)
 * Isn’t it better to be a bit more polite? 😉 Although it’s not quite what you’ve
   queried, jaclynmarie1 has certainly offered a lot more help than most others 
   would be prepared to post.
 * You could probably replace the `<li></li>` part with:
    `<li><a href="<?php the_permalink();?
   >" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></li>`
 * However, I do wonder if your original question ‘static’ homepage means a webpage
   outside of the usual WordPress?
 *  Thread Starter [remotay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remotay/)
 * (@remotay)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782330)
 * My title does say please. Thank you for the Information :D. I’ll test the code
   in a bit.
 *  [flick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mosey/)
 * (@mosey)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782336)
 * Thanks to jaclynmarie1 really 🙂 The code I’ve posted is straight from one of
   the documentation pages so most of the work is still by her.
 * p/s: And this should go into a template.
 *  [jaclynmarie1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaclynmarie1/)
 * (@jaclynmarie1)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782345)
 * Oh! I’m sorry I didn’t read where it said you just wanted the title. 🙂 Either
   way, hope I helped. And you’re very welcome. (Thanks to you as well **mosey**,
   you’re very polite!)
 *  Thread Starter [remotay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remotay/)
 * (@remotay)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782347)
 * Thank you Jaclynmarie1 😀 You rock! We need more awesome people like you two 
   on the wordpress forums. I love wordpress so much. I use it on all my websites,
   and Its absolutely wonderful :D. Does wordpress have a donate page?
 *  Thread Starter [remotay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remotay/)
 * (@remotay)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782421)
 * One problem.. I’d love for some assistance.
 * Heres the code I’m using. It does the job, but has some unusual side-effects.
 *     ```
       <h2><a href="http://mmohub.org/mmorpg/ummo">MMO / MMORPG Thoughts</a></h2>
   
       <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('category_name=ummo&showposts=5&orderby=post_date&order=desc');
   
       						while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
   
       						$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
   
       <li><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       ```
   
 * My homepage, [http://mmohub.org](http://mmohub.org)
    Put your cursor over my 
   adsense ads on the sidebar. It highlites something on the bottom, and if you 
   click the bottom portion, it’ll link to one of the random articles. It does the
   same thing if you click on the Magnifying glass on the search icon [top right].
   It also links to the random article on the title of the “Other pages”. What am
   I doing wrong? How can I fix this?
 *  [flick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mosey/)
 * (@mosey)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782422)
 * `<li><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>`
 * Shouldn’t this bit be:
 * `<li><a><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>`
 *  Thread Starter [remotay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remotay/)
 * (@remotay)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782423)
 * <?php $the_query = new WP_Query(‘category_name=UMmo&showposts=5&orderby=post_date&
   order=desc’);
 *  while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
 *  $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
    - 
 *  <?php endwhile; ?>
 * There is no mistake like that. The part I qutoed before is borked. This is the
   code i’m using…
 *  Thread Starter [remotay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remotay/)
 * (@remotay)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782424)
 * Wow, The code is messing up here…
 * >  <?php $the_query = new WP_Query(‘category_name=UMmo&showposts=5&orderby=post_date&
   > order=desc’);
   >  while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
   >  $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
    - 
 *  <?php endwhile; ?>
 *  [flick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mosey/)
 * (@mosey)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782425)
 * I’m now confused as to which code you’re actually using? 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [remotay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remotay/)
 * (@remotay)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782429)
 * If I put the code here, WordPress.org messes the code up.
    &lt;h2>[MMO / MMORPG Thoughts](http://mmohub.org/mmorpg/ummo)
   </h2>
 *     ```
       <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('category_name=UMmo&showposts=5&orderby=post_date&order=desc');
   
       						while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
   
       						$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
   
       <ul>
       <li><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
       </ul>
       						<?php endwhile; ?>
       ```
   
 *  [flick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mosey/)
 * (@mosey)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-quick-help-finding-a-plugin-please/#post-782430)
 * Even if you use the back-ticks to include the code?
 * `like this`

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