Title: Split the posts loop
Last modified: November 2, 2017

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# Split the posts loop

 *  Resolved [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/)
 * (@aosipov)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-the-posts-loop/)
 * Hi everybody, hope i will get some help here.:)
    I’ve got the posts loop:
 *     ```
       <?php
       	/* Start the Loop */
   
       	while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
   
       	get_template_part( 'template-parts/content-grid', get_post_format() );
   
       		endwhile;
   
       			the_posts_navigation();
   
       		else :
   
       			get_template_part( 'template-parts/content-grid', 'none' );
   
       		endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * I was wondering is there anyway to split this into the sections? so i can add
   Ads.
    For example i can do post offsets? I tried to do this way:
 *     ```
       <?php $current_cat = get_the_category();
         $cat_ID = $current_cat[0]->cat_ID;
         $loop = new WP_Query(array(
           'offset' => 2, //Set your offset
           'cat' => $cat_ID,
           'post_type' => 'post',
           'posts_per_page' => 6,//posts per page
         ));?>
         <?php if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();  ?>
       ```
   
 * but it doesnt work even after`<?php wp_reset_query();?>` just somehow losing 
   the category ID and it all become mixed up with different categories. Crazy. 
   If i can get any advise?
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/).
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/).
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/).

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 *  [ckbrewer15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ckbrewer15/)
 * (@ckbrewer15)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-the-posts-loop/#post-9642708)
 * Sorry, can you please describe a little more detail about what you are trying
   to achieve? You want to insert an ad every X amount of posts? You want to show
   an ad where?
 * Thanks
 * Chris
 *  Thread Starter [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/)
 * (@aosipov)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-the-posts-loop/#post-9642719)
 * I want to run basically my category posts loop, like 50 for example on category
   page. And every 6 posts i want to be able to add the Ad. something like that:
   
   X X X X X X —–ad X X X X X X —–ad X X X X X X —–ad X X X X X X X X X X X X
 * maybe the widget placeholder
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/).
 *  Thread Starter [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/)
 * (@aosipov)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-the-posts-loop/#post-9642726)
 * I tried this way:
 *     ```
       get_header(); ?>
   
       <div id="primary" class="content-area col-md-9">
       	<main id="main" class="site-main-for-travel">
           <?php
             echo '<h2 class="display page-title">';single_cat_title();echo '</h2>';
             the_archive_description( '<div class="archive-description">', '</div>' );
           ?>
   
       <div class="row">
         <?php $current_cat = get_the_category();
         $cat_ID = $current_cat[0]->cat_ID;
         $loop = new WP_Query(array(
           'cat' => $cat_ID,
           'post_type' => 'post',
           'posts_per_page' => 2,//posts per page
           'orderby' => 'date',
           'order' => 'DESC'
         ));?>
         <?php if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();  ?>
           <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('col-md-6'); ?>>
   
             <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
                 <a class="post-teaser" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
                   <div class="thumbnail-block"><?php the_post_thumbnail('regular-post-thumbnail'); ?></div>
                   <div class="title-block"><span class="h3 title-for-widget"><?php the_title(); ?></span></div>
                 </a>
             <?php endif; ?>
           </article>
         <?php endwhile; ?>
         <?php endif; ?>
         <?php wp_reset_query();?>
       </div>
   
       <div>Ad-2</div>
       <div class="row">
         <?php $current_cat = get_the_category();
         $cat_ID = $current_cat[0]->cat_ID;
         $loop = new WP_Query(array(
           'offset' => 2, //Set your offset
           'cat' => $cat_ID,
           'post_type' => 'post',
           'posts_per_page' => 6,//posts per page
         ));?>
         <?php if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();  ?>
           <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('col-md-4'); ?>>
   
             <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
                 <a class="post-teaser" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
                   <div class="thumbnail-block"><?php the_post_thumbnail('regular-post-thumbnail'); ?></div>
                   <div class="title-block"><span class="h3 title-for-widget"><?php the_title(); ?></span></div>
                 </a>
             <?php endif; ?>
           </article>
         <?php endwhile; ?>
         <?php endif; ?>
         <?php wp_reset_query();?>
       </div>
       <div>Ad-3</div>
       <div class="row">
         <?php $current_cat = get_the_category();
         $cat_ID = $current_cat[0]->cat_ID;
         $loop = new WP_Query(array(
           'offset' => 8, //Set your offset
           'cat' => $cat_ID,
           'post_type' => 'post',
           'posts_per_page' => 6,//posts per page
         ));?>
         <?php if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();  ?>
           <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('col-md-4'); ?>>
   
             <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
                 <a class="post-teaser" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
                   <div class="thumbnail-block"><?php the_post_thumbnail('regular-post-thumbnail'); ?></div>
                   <div class="title-block"><span class="h3 title-for-widget"><?php the_title(); ?></span></div>
                 </a>
             <?php endif; ?>
           </article>
         <?php endwhile; ?>
         <?php endif; ?>
         <?php wp_reset_query();?>
       </div>
       <div>Ad-4</div>
       <div class="row">
         <?php $current_cat = get_the_category();
         $cat_ID = $current_cat[0]->cat_ID;
         $loop = new WP_Query(array(
           'offset' => 14, //Set your offset
           'cat' => $cat_ID,
           'post_type' => 'post',
           'posts_per_page' => 6,//posts per page
         ));?>
         <?php if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();  ?>
           <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('col-md-4'); ?>>
   
             <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
                 <a class="post-teaser" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
                   <div class="thumbnail-block"><?php the_post_thumbnail('regular-post-thumbnail'); ?></div>
                   <div class="title-block"><span class="h3 title-for-widget"><?php the_title(); ?></span></div>
                 </a>
             <?php endif; ?>
           </article>
         <?php endwhile; ?>
         <?php endif; ?>
         <?php wp_reset_query();?>
       </div>
       		</main><!-- #main -->
       	</div><!-- #primary -->
   
       <?php
       get_sidebar();
       get_footer();
       ```
   
 * but it doesn’t work for some categories, just shows random categories, i guess
   it doesn’t do reset and i have no idea why:(
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/).
 *  [ckbrewer15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ckbrewer15/)
 * (@ckbrewer15)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-the-posts-loop/#post-9642746)
 * Have you thought about something like this where you just run a simple loop counter?
 * We set var $loop_counter to 0 and every time the loop goes through a new post
   it increments $loop_counter by 1. When it reaches 5, it displays an ad and resets
   the counter back to 0. To display the ad we just organize them into a directory
   in your themes folder called “ads” and then each ad file would be called ad-1.
   php, ad-2.php, ad-3.php etc…
 * Then we just call one of the ads randomly like this:
    get_template_part(‘ads/
   ad-‘ . rand(1,5))
 * I updated your code below to show what I mean, it is untested, you may need to
   make changes. Also, if you don’t want random ads, you could just put a second
   counter that counts how many times an ad was shown which would give you a sequence
   in order.
 *     ```
       get_header(); ?>
   
       <div id="primary" class="content-area col-md-9">
         <main id="main" class="site-main-for-travel">
           <?php
             echo '<h2 class="display page-title">';single_cat_title();echo '</h2>';
             the_archive_description( '<div class="archive-description">', '</div>' );
           ?>
   
       <div class="row">
         <?php $current_cat = get_the_category();
         $cat_ID = $current_cat[0]->cat_ID;
         $loop_counter = 0;
         $loop = new WP_Query(array(
           'cat' => $cat_ID,
           'post_type' => 'post',
           'posts_per_page' => 50,//posts per page
           'orderby' => 'date',
           'order' => 'DESC'
         ));?>
         <?php if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();  ?>
   
           <?php 
             if($loop_counter >= 5){
               get_template_part('ads/ad-' . rand(1,5));
               $loop_counter = 0;
             } else {
               $loop_counter++;
             }
           ?>
   
           <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('col-md-6'); ?>>
   
             <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
                 <a class="post-teaser" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
                   <div class="thumbnail-block"><?php the_post_thumbnail('regular-post-thumbnail'); ?></div>
                   <div class="title-block"><span class="h3 title-for-widget"><?php the_title(); ?></span></div>
                 </a>
             <?php endif; ?>
           </article>
         <?php endwhile; ?>
         <?php endif; ?>
         <?php wp_reset_query();?>
       </div>
   
           </main><!-- #main -->
         </div><!-- #primary -->
   
       <?php
       get_sidebar();
       get_footer();
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/)
 * (@aosipov)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-the-posts-loop/#post-9642818)
 * Thank you ckbrewer15, i will try that approach, but what if i want to display
   2 first posts differently, and continue as a regular loop after that
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-the-posts-loop/#post-9648551)
 * You just need to rearrange ckbrewer15’s code a bit, including the two display
   code styles within the if $loop_counter logic.
 * if $loop_counter >= 2 then display a regular loop (do not reset the loop counter)
   
   else display posts differently (the first two posts when the counter is 0 or 
   1)
 *  Thread Starter [aosipov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aosipov/)
 * (@aosipov)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-the-posts-loop/#post-9648947)
 * Thank you [@bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/), that helps!

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