[marcello.vicidomini]

Because in the front page I have to display other elements too that are not from the category (an image slider), and then I have a different page showing the archive for the category.
So I thought to have the following structure:
* home.php: with a sidebar to include the slider as a widget, and a custom loop to show the last 6 posts from “Blog” category
* A link in the menu pointing to the “Blog” category archive page.

[marcello.vicidomini]

Ok, that was clear 😀

Should I use WP_Query instead?

[marcello.vicidomini]

Hello Brad,
I think I solved it, here's the code:

if ( function_exists( 'genesis_grid_loop' ) ) {

	//* Here's the line I added. I used the slug instead of the id, but if works with cat_ID too
	query_posts('category_name=blog');

	genesis_grid_loop( array(
		'features' => 0,
		'feature_image_size' => 0,
		'feature_image_class' => 'alignleft post-image',
		'feature_content_limit' => 200,
		'grid_image_size' => 'homepage-featured-image',
		'grid_image_class' => 'alignleft post-image',
		'grid_content_limit' => 0,
	) );
} else {
	genesis_standard_loop();
}

[marcello.vicidomini]

Hello Anitac, thanks for yor answer.

I downloaded the sample child theme and I'm customizing it.
As for the url, I'm sorry I didn't post one, but it's still in development and unfortunately I have to keep it password protected. I'll make sure I'll share the url with you for feedback as soon as it goes live 😀

Anyway, I think I found a solution. Here's the code I wrote:

if ( function_exists( 'genesis_grid_loop' ) ) {
	
	//* Here's the line I added
	query_posts('posts_per_page=6;');
	
	genesis_grid_loop( array(
		'features' => 0,
		'feature_image_size' => 0,
		'feature_image_class' => 'alignleft post-image',
		'feature_content_limit' => 200,
		'grid_image_size' => 'homepage-featured-image',
		'grid_image_class' => 'alignleft post-image',
		'grid_content_limit' => 0,
	) );
} else {
	genesis_standard_loop();
}

It seems to have done the trick! 😀

[marcello.vicidomini]

Hello braddalton,

thanks a lot for your answer!
Don't you think that pre_get_posts would be impractical? It looks like each time you add a new category you have to edit the code. Or maybe I'm not getting something? Isn't there a way to include one category rather then excluding all the other ones?

Thanks again for your help 😀

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