Title: Show Snippet
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Show Snippet

 *  [blaatje123456](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blaatje123456/)
 * (@blaatje123456)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-snippet/)
 * Hi all,
 * I have now this query:
 *     ```
       <?php query_posts('showposts=5&random=true');?>
       <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
       	<div>
       		<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
       		<p><?php postimage('thumbnail'); ?></p>
       	</div>
       ```
   
 * It show the 5 recent post’s.
 * My question:
 * How to show post 5 t/m 10 (by random?)
    How to exclude a category id?
 * Someone?

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 *  [Austin Matzko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filosofo/)
 * (@filosofo)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-snippet/#post-929642)
 * > How to show post 5 t/m 10 (by random?)
 * I’m sorry, but I’m not sure what the abbreviation t/m means.
 * > How to exclude a category id?
 * `query_posts(array('category__not_in' => array(17)));`
    excludes category 17
 *  Thread Starter [blaatje123456](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blaatje123456/)
 * (@blaatje123456)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-snippet/#post-929702)
 * i mean how to show post 5 until post 10
 * because i have on the frontpage post 1 until 5.
 * And how to add your query into my post query?
    (this one:)
 *     ```
       <?php query_posts('showposts=5&random=true');?>
       how to add your array into this?
       ```
   
 *  [Austin Matzko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filosofo/)
 * (@filosofo)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-snippet/#post-929704)
 * > i mean how to show post 5 until post 10
 * 5-10: that’s 6 posts. And to start with the 5th you need to offset by 4:
 *     ```
       query_posts(array(
          'showposts' => 6,
          'offset' => 4,
          'random' => true,
          'category__not_in' => array(17),
       ));
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [blaatje123456](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blaatje123456/)
 * (@blaatje123456)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-snippet/#post-929731)
 * Thank you filosofo! You rock!
 * only, one small problem, it’s not random anymore. I think it’s because the value
   is set by 4.
    But it must be random to (for example post 4 – 9999)
 *  Thread Starter [blaatje123456](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blaatje123456/)
 * (@blaatje123456)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-snippet/#post-929740)
 * Hey filosofo, i got it!
 * I have now created this code:
 *     ```
       <div id="mpu_test1">
       <?query_posts(array(
          'showposts' => 4,
          'offset' => 9,
          'random' => true,
          'category__not_in' => array(95,145,226),
       ));?>
       <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
       	<div>
       <table width="100%" border="0">
         <tr>
           <td><img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/thumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "image", $single = true); ?>&amp;h=57&amp;w=100&amp;zc=1&amp;q=95" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="th" />			</td>
           <td><?php the_title(); ?></td>
         </tr>
       </table>
       	</div>
       <?php endwhile; else: ?><p>Oops, no posts!</p><?php endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * but that gives this output:
    (see screenshot) [http://i44.tinypic.com/20fxrn6.jpg](http://i44.tinypic.com/20fxrn6.jpg)
 * How to make the results right under each other?
    Instant of this?:
 * – item
    – item – item – item
 *  Thread Starter [blaatje123456](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blaatje123456/)
 * (@blaatje123456)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-snippet/#post-929767)
 * other people maby?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [blaatje123456](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blaatje123456/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-snippet/#post-929767)
 * Status: not resolved

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