WordPress get_posts() returning same post all the time

  • Resolved umesh.awasthi

    (@umeshawasthi)


    14 years, 6 months ago

    Hi all,

    I am just playing around with WordPress and neither I have any idea abt PHP. I am trying to fetch few random posts using get_posts() function of the WordPress my code is something like this

    <?php
    args1 = array( 'numberposts' => 12 ,'orderby' => 'rand');
    $rand_posts1 = get_posts( $args1);
            foreach( $rand_posts1 as $randpost1 ) : ?>
                <?php the_title(); ?>
                     <?php endforeach; ?>

    But this code is only returning same post all the 12 times and that is the lastest post. I am clueless what exactly I am doing wrong.

    Can any one help me to correct my mistake or point me about my issue.

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Read http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops_in_Action

    There’s a $do_not_duplicate trick 🙂

    Thread Starter umesh.awasthi

    (@umeshawasthi)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for the reply.as new to the platform i even tried this code of piece

    <?php
    args1 = array( 'numberposts' => 12 ,'orderby' => 'rand', 'category' => '7,8');
    $rand_posts1 = get_posts( $args1);
            foreach( $rand_posts1 as $randpost1 ) : ?>
                <?php the_title(); ?>
                     <?php endforeach; ?>

    even specifying the category its still showing the same post the latest one in the blog all 12 times

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Yes, because you need to use $do_not_duplicate

    Read http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops_in_Action

    Thread Starter umesh.awasthi

    (@umeshawasthi)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for the quick reply and it helped me a lot.
    i have to fetch 12 posts so that i can display them in template so is there any way to fetch 12 unique random posts in word-press with help of any query?

    Thread Starter umesh.awasthi

    (@umeshawasthi)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    i tried this code

    <?php
            $args1 = array( 'numberposts' => 12 ,'orderby' => 'rand');
            global $post;
            //save the current post
            $temp=$post;
            $rand_posts1 = get_posts( $args1);

            foreach( $rand_posts1 as $post ) ://yes this is required, we need $post in setup_postdata
                setup_postdata($post);    ?>
                <?php the_title(); ?>

            <?php endforeach; 

            $post=$temp;//restore current page

            ?>

    it worked smoothly.

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