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robertallen

Hi all, I know this isn't a CSS thing, but after a few tries of posting my question in WP forums I thought I'd give this a try as I'm under a tight deadline.

I'm trying to display the latest post's excerpts...but all I keep getting is the current page this code is on, as well as the thumbnail and post title. I can't seem to get the excerpt to work. Does anyone know a solution for this?

        <?php
          $args = array( 'numberposts' => '2', 'offset' => 1 );
          $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );

          foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ) {

    $excerpt = get_the_excerpt($recent['ID']);

          echo "

          <li>
          <div class='featured_image'>
          <a href='".get_permalink($recent['ID'])."'>".get_the_post_thumbnail( $recent['ID'], 'thumbnail' ). "</a>
          </div>
          <div class='post_content'>    
          <h2 class='post_title'><a href='".get_permalink($recent['ID'])."'>".$recent[post_title]."</a></h2>

          ". $excerpt ."
          </div>



          </li>"

          ;
          }
      ?>

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

robertallen

Here's a link to the site I'm working on. The code is down at the bottom.

http://www.robertallenbaker.com/dzindna/

aaron_b

Try using WP_Query

aaron_b

Code Pen will not run PHP, but here is a link to a none working example using your formatting. I have not verified this, so their might be a typo or two, but it will get you on the right track.

Code Pen Link

Check out the Wordpress Codex

robertallen

Aaron, Thank you so very very very very much!! I always had a problem with loops, but after checking out WP_Query I noticed what you did there.

It worked like a charm!

Took a PHP class at Community College and I still can't get some of the basics down.

Thank you thank you thank you!!

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[Solved] Wordpress Display Latest Posts' Excerpts