Change Default Posts on Homepage

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#1

This may be a dumb question, but it's 1AM and i'm swamped. Is there a way to show only posts from a certain category on the homepage. I have a category for "featured" that scrolls in a slideshow, but I want to show posts from the "latest" category as the first five on the homepage. Otherwise, the 5 things scrolling through my slideshow are the same 5 things showing as the most recent posts...at least for now...

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#2

me also want to know this

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#3

yes you can do it.

latest 5 posts from all categories:

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("showposts=5"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
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latest 5 posts from the category X (3 is the category ID.).

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=3&showposts=5"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
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and show latest 5 posts from all categories, except the category X (8 is the category ID of category X)

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=-8&showposts=5"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
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and you need some css.

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#4

Which php file do I place that in? Also will it follow the style of the template without extra css?

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#5

Thanks addlinkurl

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If I have a template already, where do I put that code in? index.php?

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#7

yes in index.php.

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#8

Ok - if I post my index.php will you tell me where to put it inside index.php? It has a slideshow at the top where I want to use a featured category and a news category for the latest 3 posts.

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we have to see the index.php @Khaos05.

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<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="span-24" id="contentwrap">
<div class="span-16">
<div id="content">
<?php if(is_home()) { include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/featured.php'); } ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<h2 class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<div class="postdate">Posted by <strong><?php the_author() ?></strong> on <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <?php if (current_user_can('edit_post', $post->ID)) { ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ''); } ?></div>

<div class="entry">
<?php if ( function_exists("has_post_thumbnail") && has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(array(200,160), array("class" => "alignleft post_thumbnail")); } ?>
<?php the_content('Read more »'); ?>
</div>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="navigation">
<?php if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); } else { ?>
<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('« Older Entries') ?></div>
<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries »') ?></div>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>

<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div>

<?php get_sidebars(); ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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There is the index.php - I would really like to have the posts from the news category cycle through on the homepage and keep the other posts under their categories on pages OR just keep the homepage from displaying a certain category...preferably the second option.

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#11

please try this one. change the red "1" with your news category id(enter the Categories part in wordpress admin panel. check the url of the news category.you will see the category ID at the end of the url). if you want to show more than 5 posts from the category, change the red "5". you can not use the navigation(pagenavi) with this code.

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="span-24" id="contentwrap">
<div class="span-16">
<div id="content">
<?php if(is_home()) { include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/featured.php'); } ?>

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1&showposts=5"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<h2 class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<div class="postdate">Posted by <strong><?php the_author() ?></strong> on <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <?php if (current_user_can('edit_post', $post->ID)) { ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ''); } ?></div>

<div class="entry">
<?php if ( function_exists("has_post_thumbnail") && has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(array(200,160), array("class" => "alignleft post_thumbnail")); } ?>
<?php the_content('Read more »'); ?>
</div>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</div>
</div>

<?php get_sidebars(); ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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addlinkurl, Jan 4, 2010 IP

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#12

What code can I insert to change the archives sidebar to show posts from "news" categories instead?

Currently it's

<li><h2><?php _e('Recent Posts'); ?></h2>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=5'); ?>
</ul>
</li>
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All I know is to change 'Recent Posts' to 'Recent News', but I'm not sure about actual code to get posts from a certain category...

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#13

I've almost got the website where I want it - I just need to change the archives to show the 5 most recent posts in "news" category and set the homepage to show recents posts from all categories except "news" and "featured".

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