One of my readers, Avinash, asked how he can create two distinct WordPress loops on the same page. Avinash wants to get the most recent posts first, and later create a new loops getting the 5 next posts, excluding the most recent post.
To achieve what Avinash wants to do, we have to use the query_posts() function with the showposts and offset parameters.
The first loop:
query_posts('showposts=1'); // First loop, we only get the most recent post
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
// WordPress loop
endwhile;
endif; ?>
The second loop:
query_posts('showposts=5&offset=1'); // Second loop, we get 5 posts excluding the most recent.
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
// WordPress loop
endwhile;
endif; ?>
A little explanation about query_posts() parameters we used here:
showposts=5 specifies that you only wants to get 5 posts.
offset=1 specifies that you don't want to get the 1st most recent post.
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16 Responses
That’s pretty cool. Would work great on Magazine style sites if one has to build a theme from scratch.
Exactly! Most magazine themes uses more than one loop per page, so it’s always a good thing to know how to run a second loops without getting the posts you already displayed!
Awesome! I could change some of the code so that it shows a featued post instead
Can anyone spot anything obviously wrong with the following? I haven’t used query_posts before and I’m trying to use it in my photos category.
[code]
endwhile;
endif; ?>
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endwhile;
endif; ?>
[/code]
Ignore the previous comment, sorry, forgot the code wouldn’t post!
Is it possible to make a loop that show’s posts of the same week/month from the year before?
@derFrankie: Sure it is. It’s a good idea, so I’ll write a recipe about that soon. Stay tuned!
@jbj – Cool, I will stay tuned
I found also on another blog a tipp for “future” post display
http://wp-magazin.ch/2008/11/07/den-leser-in-die-zukunft-blicken-lassen/
Thanks for the link! I don’t understand any German, but the code is nice
Thank-you so much!!!
I run a Big Brother magazine style website and this has made it possible for me to have a “top Story”. Thank-you so much!
Alec (UK)
Wow! This was super helpful and easy to use! I plugged the code in on a new blog I’m working on – http://www.wenatcheefitnessblog.com and it worked great!
Thanks!
I’m trying to show sticky page content at the top of the page and posts below which I assume would require usage of the loop twice. How would I do this using this example? Thanks for your help! Christian
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