WordPress – List Recent Posts From A Single Category on Posts Within Same Category

WORDPRESS 3.0+

I wanted to display the recent post titles from a specific category, to visitors who landed on a post within that specific category (and i didn’t want to use a plugin).

List posts from a specific category ONLY on pages within specified category:

<?php if (in_category('32')) { ?>


<div class="moduletable">


<h3>Latest Snippets</h3>


<ol>


<?php


global $post;


$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&order=DESC&orderby=post_date&category=32');


foreach($myposts as $post) :


setup_postdata($post);


?>


<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> </li>


<?php endforeach; ?>


</ol>


</div>


<?php }else { ?>


<?php } ?>

NOTE – I’ve bolded

  • 5 (number of posts to display) and
  • 32 – the category ID

Theses are the items I used in the example :)

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Written by Shaun Anderson