Show 3 latest posts in WP

[billy_111]

Hey,

I am trying to show the 3 latest posts on my homepage, and have tried with this code:-

         <?php
        require('blog/wp-blog-header.php');

           while (have_posts()) : the_post('showposts=3'); ?>
           
         <strong id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
         <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" style="color:#fff" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
         <?php the_title(); ?></a></strong>
         <br/>
       <small><?php the_time('j F Y') ?></small>
       <br/>
        <?php endwhile; ?>

But it does not seem to work, it shows all of the posts. can anybody help me fix this problem..?

Regards

[Shyflower]

Is there a reason why you aren't doing that in the "Reading" settings in your dashboard?

If not, I would take out your code and go to those settings and set them to display three posts. Then the latest three posts will show on your front page.

[billy_111]

I dont understand what you mean when you say "Reading" settings in "Dashboard"?

Basically i am displaying the 3 latest posts on my homepage as it is not wordpress, so i require the pages i need in order to do this. This works, but i thought there would be codex to display the 3 latest posts, but the code i have does not appear to work

[Shyflower]

Okay, so your homepage isn't a blog page then and/or isn't attached to your WordPress Blog?

I don't know how you can access your blog database to put it on a static page outside the WP loop. I think your best bet is to put a feed on your home page. A free application to do that is feed informer.

[billy_111]

I already have the posts reading out of the WP database though..

See this link:-

http://www.meyselections.com/

You can see the posts from the blog towards the middle of the page. The reason why i have included the required files etc is because my homepage is NOT wordpress.

I have managed to pull out the posts but dont exactly knwo the codex to restrict it to show 3 posts..

[Shyflower]

I am quite clueless when it comes to php. However, I think in order to do what you want to do, you will need to query your WP database from your home page. So I will move this thread to php so you can maybe get the help you need.

[AnthonySterling]

I have not idea how wordpress works, but using regular php you can do the following...

         <?php

        require('blog/wp-blog-header.php');


            $iNumberOfPosts = 0;
           while ($iNumberOfPosts < 3 && have_posts()) : the_post('showposts=3'); ?>

           

         <strong id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">

         <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" style="color:#fff" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">

         <?php the_title(); ?></a></strong>

         <br/>

       <small><?php the_time('j F Y') ?></small>

       <br/>
        <?php $iNumberOfPosts++; ?>
        <?php endwhile; ?>

[kingr]

nothing on your site looks like you are using wordpress, or cant i see where you are using WP??

what pages ...?

[billy_111]

Hey,

I have fixed the problem, thanks SilverBulletUK your code worked.

Regards