How to display latest posts from a specific category without a plugin in Wordpress
I’ve just made an addition to my side bar that displays all of the latest items added to my SEO jobs category. It’s a few, simple lines of code and doesn’t nessecary warrant an entire plugin! Here’s how to do it – just insert the code below, and change the category=1 argument to the category number of your choice:
<ul>
<?php
global $post;
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=1&category=1');
foreach($myposts as $post) :
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
The problem I’m trying to solve is why this job is not displaying on the list even though it’s in the same category as all the others. Any ideas? 
I’m off to play with Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex now. expect a report, soon!
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The &offset=1 prevents the most recent post (or job) to show up, so removing that part should do the trick.
thanks for that
worked a treat when &offset=1 is dropped
Hi Wiep! Thankyou – tat worked a charm. See you at SMX?
Definitely
I have worked on sites before using the loop and coding this action myself, but your code is terrific and so easy.
I am building a widgetized sidebar for a customer using your code in the text-widgets, press releases, updates and more. Thanks so much!
gr8 help thanks for solutions…