Title: Problem with Show Posts Tag
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Problem with Show Posts Tag

 *  Resolved [RogersPTA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogerspta/)
 * (@rogerspta)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-show-posts-tag/)
 * Hi, I have a problem with the [ic_add_posts showposts=’1′] tag. I added this 
   tag on my home page, but it doesn’t seem to work. All the posts in the previously
   specified category show, and what’s more, the most recent post shows twice. For
   example, it would look like this:
 * Trial Post 3
    Trial Post 3 Trial Post 2 Trial Post 1
 * (with all the post text and etc.)
 * Does anyone know how to actually make this tag work?
    Also, the way it currently
   looks in my text editor:
 *     ```
       <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Current at Rogers:</b>
       [ic_add_posts showposts='1'][ic_add_posts exclude_category=uncategorized]</p>
       ```
   
 * Thank you
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Patrick Jackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pjackson1972/)
 * (@pjackson1972)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-show-posts-tag/#post-5181660)
 * Hi RogersPTA,
 * Can you tell me the outcome you’re looking for? What posts do you want to see
   listed?
 * Here’s what I see above, and what I’d expect. Please let me know if you’re seeing
   something differet.
 * There are two shortcodes here, so you’ll get two “lists” of posts.
 * The first shortcode, `[ic_add_posts showposts='1']`, I would expect to just list
   the most recent post. Basically, it says, “list all posts, but limit it to the
   first one on the list.” And the first one should be the most recent.
 * That’s followed by the second shortcode, `[ic_add_posts exclude_category=uncategorized]`,
   which I would expect to list all posts that are not in the “uncategorized” category(
   starting with the most recent).
 * If Trial Post 3 in your example above was the most recent post, and not in the“
   uncategorized” category, and if Trial Posts 1 & 2 were not “uncategorized”, then
   I would expect the result you showed. The first Trial Post 3 is the result of
   the first shortcode, followed by Trial Posts 3,2, & 1 — the result of the second
   shortcode.
 * If your objective is to display only the latest post that is not Uncategorized,
   the following shortcode should do it.
 * `[ic_add_posts showposts='1' exclude_category=uncategorized]`
 * Any of that help?

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