query_posts not working

  • Resolved soggybag

    (@soggybag)


    14 years ago

    I installed a new copy of WP and set it up with a static home page. As per the instructions on the WP site using the Settings. From what I understand I should be using a page for the static home page and index.php for the news page which should be showing my blog posts. I added the following to the index.php

    <?php query_posts('category_name=news'); ?>
	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

    I want to show only posts with the category news. Navigating to my News page, which from what I understand should be index.php, I still get a full list of all posts from all categories.

    What am I missing?

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  • Thread Starter soggybag

    (@soggybag)

    14 years ago

    After some experimentation I find that when I view News, which is set as the “Posts” page in Settings>Reading, WP is not loading index.php. I can’t quite figure which page it is loading.

    Thread Starter soggybag

    (@soggybag)

    14 years ago

    Problem solved! Looks like WP was showing home.php rather than index.php.

    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    14 years ago

    Maybe index.php isn’t rendering the page as you’re expecting.

    Place some random text into the file..

    eg.

    my random text <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

    (save, load the page, etc)..if you don’t see the text, then it’s a good indication another one of theme’s template files is rendering the post list (and not index.php as you’re expecting).

    At least it will narrow down the issue if anything.. 🙂

    Thread Starter soggybag

    (@soggybag)

    14 years ago

    I suppose since I redirected my home page to a page. The home.php was now used as the default home for the post. Removing home.php would hae WP end up using index.php instead.

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