Webdevtuts » category http://www.webdevtuts.net Making tutorials fun and easy! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:54:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 WordPress: How to show most recent posts from a specific category http://www.webdevtuts.net/quicktips/wordpress-how-to-show-most-recent-posts-from-a-specific-category/ http://www.webdevtuts.net/quicktips/wordpress-how-to-show-most-recent-posts-from-a-specific-category/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 01:35:52 +0000 Marcell http://www.webdevtuts.net/?p=1246 Ok so today I came across a client who wanted to show their recent posts in the sidebar but only from a specific category. I completed the job and later thought to myself that this might be very useful to the Webdevtuts community so I decided to write a quick tip for you guys. In this quick tip you will learn how to show your recent post from a specific category using a simple WordPress hack.

The Code

Copy and paste the code below and I will explain it below. 


<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=26&showposts=10"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>

So basically the code above is telling WordPress to get category 26 most recent post and to show 10 post at the max(Can be higher or lower). To make the code work you will need to place it inside of a ul and li tag. Hope this works for you all. If you have a question leave a comment below and I will answer them.

]]> http://www.webdevtuts.net/quicktips/wordpress-how-to-show-most-recent-posts-from-a-specific-category/feed/ 0 How to find WordPress category ID http://www.webdevtuts.net/wordpress/how-to-find-wordpress-category-id/ http://www.webdevtuts.net/wordpress/how-to-find-wordpress-category-id/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:57:14 +0000 Marcell http://www.webdevtuts.net/?p=421 Just a few months ago I found myself frustrated with wordpress because I could not find the category id. It took me hours to actually figure out where it was actually located. After I found the category id I felt like I wasted 4 hours of my life, so to save 4 hours of your life I will show you how you can find the worpress category id.

Note: Make sure you do not have permalinks set to default or you will not see the category id

If permalink is set to default click on any category page and there is where you should find your category id.

Category Id

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