WordPress: get posts within the loop
Posted by Dimitri | Oct 11th, 2010 | Filed under Programming
Get the 2nd, 3rd or any other post
To get the the 2nd, 3rd or any other post number, create a variable that will count posts just before the WordPress Loop:
- //add this line
- <?php $postCounter = 0; ?>
- //WordPress Loop starts here
- <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
And increment this variable inside the loop:
- //insert ++$postCounter; after the_post();
- <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ++$postCounter; ?>
Then, add the following if statement just before the end of the loop:
- //add this if statement
- <?php if($postCounter == 2 && !is_paged()) //get the second post on the first page
- {
- //Your code here, probably an advertisement.
- } ?>
- //WordPress Loop ends here
- <?php endwhile; ?>
Note that, by checking if $postCounter has the same value as the number 2, it returns the 2nd post. This way, if you want the third post, just use the number 3 instead:
- if($postCounter == 3 && !is_paged())
It is possible to get the first post using this method by replacing the number inside the if statement with the number 1. But why create a counter if it is going to count up to 1?
The following page explains how to get odd and even posts.
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