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6 Comments | May 24 | WordPress

Listing Wordpress Category Titles on a Page

Alrighty, another thing that comes up often for Wordpress, that I always forget how to do, is very similar to what I posted previously about excluding certain categories. This is listing a certain amount of titles, we’ll say 5, on the front page of the site. Below is the code for doing that.

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<?php query_posts('cat=X&showposts=5');?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

*In the code, on line 1, make sure to replace the ‘X’ with your category ID number.

Most of the work of this code takes place in line #1, where you specify the category you want to show and the amount of posts. The second most important piece of this code is line #5, the permalink and title code. This is how you’ll link to the actual posts that are listed. There’s more you can do with this I’m sure but this is the snippet of code I use most often.

 

6 People Have Bloviated

  1. Lorissa | May 24

    Excellent! Thanks for these Jen. I haven’t yet needed to do this, but no doubt it will crop up.

  2. Pop Stalin | May 24

    No problem lady! :)

  3. David Airey :: Graphic Design Edinburgh :: | May 24

    Likewise, I haven’t needed to use this code, but it certainly sounds useful!

    Nice to know you’re still around, Jen. ;)

  4. Pop Stalin | May 25

    Thanks David. I’ve been so busy lately that I just haven’t felt like being online. :)

  5. Cristobal | Jul 22

    and what about if i want to show the image from the post ?

    plase save my life
    thank you!

  6. John | Dec 4

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