Display Latest Posts from Multiple Categories

[e96989955]

Hi, I'm using the Expose theme and would like to display the 3 latest posts from each category on my home page like this site here: http://www.newlaunchguru.com

I think it's a relatively simple feature but can't seem to find a plugin or hack in the WordPress community. Can anyone help me? 🙁

[nickthegeek]

This is a bit tricky. For you have to remove the standard loop by adding this code to the home.php file

remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );

Then you have to make your own custom loop by using

add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'child_do_home_loop' );
function child_do_home_loop() {

//change "x" to match your category ID
$loop_args = array( 'cat' => 'x', 'posts_per_page' => 3 );

genesis_custom_loop( $loop_args );

//Change "y" to match your category ID
$loop_args['cat'] = 'y';

genesis_custom_loop( $loop_args );

//repeat the last two lines for each category. 

}

You will need to remove the pagination as well so also add this to the home.php file

remove_action( 'genesis_after_endwhile', 'genesis_posts_nav' );

[e96989955]

Currently my code in home.php looks like this

remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );

add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'child_do_home_loop' );
function child_do_home_loop() {

Echo "<h1>Heading 1</h1>";
//change "x" to match your category ID
$loop_args = array( 'cat' => '1', 'posts_per_page' => 3 );

genesis_custom_loop( $loop_args );

Echo "<h1>Heading 2</h1>";
//Change "y" to match your category ID
$loop_args['cat'] = '4';

genesis_custom_loop( $loop_args );

Echo "<h1>Heading 3</h1>";
//Change "y" to match your category ID
$loop_args['cat'] = '6';

genesis_custom_loop( $loop_args );

Echo "<h1>Heading 4</h1>";
//Change "y" to match your category ID
$loop_args['cat'] = '7';

genesis_custom_loop( $loop_args );

Echo "<h1>Heading 5</h1>";
//Change "y" to match your category ID
$loop_args['cat'] = '5';

genesis_custom_loop( $loop_args );

}

remove_action( 'genesis_after_endwhile', 'genesis_posts_nav' );

[e96989955]

Sorry, I post it thrice by accident and  I can't seem to find the 'delete' post button here..

[e96989955]

Urgh, my original question got eoverwritten by the code snippet I pasted somehow.

I tried to add a heading before displaying each category, but it turned out rather weird like this : http://www.thenewlaunchguru.com

My original intention is to have each category displayed in the next line. Some categories have 3 entries, whilst some is just 1 or 2. The rest are empty at the moment.

[RossTeasley]

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[RossTeasley]

Minor correction in NickTheGeek's code above:

$loop_args = array( 'cat' => 'x', 'posts_per_page' => 3 );

should read:

$loop_args = array( 'cat' => x, 'posts_per_page' => 3 );

(without apostrophes around the category id value)... at least that's was needed on my server. This applies to each line that sets the cat ID.

[e96989955]

Hi Ross!

Thanks for your reply. 🙂 I think you misunderstood my question. What I wanted was for each category to be displayed in a new row in the grid layout for the Expose child theme that I'm using.

Currently, if my category has less than 3 entries, it'll be squashed side by side with the entries from the previous category.

[nickthegeek]

you will need to add a clear break after each row. The HTML is

<br class="clear" />

[e96989955]

Hi nick, I get a HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfil the request. when I insert the Break as an echo before each heading.

[e96989955]

Sorry, my bad! I forgot to add backslashes before each double quote on the break HTML code.

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