Title: offset parameter not working Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # offset parameter not working * [Ameet Agarwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameetagarwal/) * (@ameetagarwal) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offset-parameter-not-working/) * The “offset” parameter is not working. offset=0 and offset=1 displays the same post. see lower part of page which displays 3 posts, on following url: [http://www.sancoale.net/](http://www.sancoale.net/) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [AACT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aact/) * (@aact) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offset-parameter-not-working/#post-5551532) * Hi Ameet, can you show the full [catlist …] call that you are using? Thanks. * Thread Starter [Ameet Agarwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameetagarwal/) * (@ameetagarwal) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offset-parameter-not-working/#post-5551691) * Hi AACT, I am using the following code ` [catlist name=featured numberposts= 1 excerpt=yes excerpt_size=24 excerpt_class=lcp_excerpt title_class=lcp_title posts_morelink_class=lcp_morelink offset=0 thumbnail=yes thumbnail_size=medium posts_morelink=”more »” template=”homelisting”] * [catlist name=featured numberposts=1 excerpt=yes excerpt_size=24 excerpt_class =lcp_excerpt title_class=lcp_title posts_morelink_class=lcp_morelink offset=1 thumbnail=yes thumbnail_size=medium posts_morelink=”more »” template=”homelisting”] * [catlist name=featured numberposts=1 excerpt=yes excerpt_size=24 excerpt_class =lcp_excerpt title_class=lcp_title posts_morelink_class=lcp_morelink offset=2 thumbnail=yes thumbnail_size=medium posts_morelink=”more »” template=”homelisting”] ‘ * [AACT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aact/) * (@aact) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offset-parameter-not-working/#post-5551731) * Hi, it seems to work for me. * I’m using LCP version 0.51. Is that the version you are using? * Could you try two really simple calls like: [catlist name=featured numberposts =1 offset=0] [catlist name=featured numberposts=1 offset=1] * in a test page and see what you get? [I can’t believe it’s your template that is the problem, but best to get rid of everything to see if the basics are working]. * Also you could try [catlist name=features numberposts=3] just to make sure catlist can pick up the 3 most recently published posts (which I guess is what you are trying to show at the bottom of your page). * [AACT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aact/) * (@aact) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offset-parameter-not-working/#post-5551732) * Hi, I’ve just put your page ([http://www.sancoale.net/](http://www.sancoale.net/)) through W3C Validator and it has quite a few bugs. I don’t know that they can cause your problem, but it’s worth getting the code correct to eliminate that. For example, there are several instances of id=homelist. * [AACT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aact/) * (@aact) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offset-parameter-not-working/#post-5551733) * Hi again, I’ve managed to get a similar problem to yours, though it happened when I had pagination on the first catlist call. * The problem was solved by adding a instance=0 parameter to the first catlist call, instance=1 to the second catlist call and so on. I don’t know if you are using catlist anywhere else on your page, but it may be worth adding the instance =n to each call to ensure they look different. * Thread Starter [Ameet Agarwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameetagarwal/) * (@ameetagarwal) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offset-parameter-not-working/#post-5551750) * Thanks AACT. I was hoping using `instance=0` would work, but it did not. `[catlist name=features numberposts=3]` is working fine, only problem is the list is displayed vertically instead of horizontally. I tried using float=left on the li in the css but no success. Can you suggest something? * You can see it here: [http://www.sancoale.net](http://www.sancoale.net) * Thread Starter [Ameet Agarwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameetagarwal/) * (@ameetagarwal) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offset-parameter-not-working/#post-5551751) * Thanks AACT for all your help. Finally nailed it with `[catlist name=features numberposts=3]` and CSS styles. 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