Adding posts to wp_list_pages

<?php query_posts('showposts=10');
	  while (have_posts()) : the_post();
	?>

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

<?php endwhile; ?>

Thanks for that PBP,

But when I have the ‘showposts=10’ in the query_posts, it will also show the post titles right in the content area as well. But if I remove the ‘showposts’ section, it scrambles the menu again.

here’s a snippit of code from the page:

<div id="centeredmenu">

          <!-- You will remove or add page numbers below -->

<li class="pagenav"><ul>
  <?php wp_list_pages('title_li='); ?>
/*  <?php query_posts('showposts=10');
	  while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
         <li>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
         </li>
<?php endwhile; ?>*/
</ul></li>

      </div>

    </div>  <!-- end of 'top_nav' -->     

  </div> 

  <!-- end #header -->

  <div id="content">

  <div id="sidebar">

    <ul>

    <li><a href="/"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></li>

      <li><a href="/about/">About Us</a></li>

      <li><a href="/contact/">Contact Us</a></li>

      <li><a href="/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a></li>

    </ul>

    <div id="linkAds">

	   <?php if (function_exists(adsense_deluxe_ads)) adsense_deluxe_ads('link_ads'); ?>

    </div>

  </div>  <!-- end #sidebar -->

  <div id="blogcontent">

    <p align="center"><img src="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-content/uploads/images-1.jpg" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" name="<?php the_title(); ?>" width="130" height="105" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" id="Image1" /><img src="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-content/uploads/images-2.jpg" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" name="<?php the_title(); ?>" width="130" height="105" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" id="Image2" /><img src="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-content/uploads/images-3.jpg" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" name="<?php the_title(); ?>" width="130" height="105" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" id="Image3" /><img src="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-content/uploads/images-4.jpg" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" name="<?php the_title(); ?>" width="130" height="105" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" id="Image4" /></p>

    <div id="post">

       <div class="entry">

          <!--remove this text and replace it with the article contents-->

          		<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

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

		<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

			<div class="entry">

				<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?>

				<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>

			</div>

		</div>

		<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

	<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>

       </div> <!--End of 'entry'-->

    </div> <!-- End of 'post' -->

Oh kay!

I figured it out!

For someone else who looks this up in the future (probably me in 6 months, lol), here’s the solution:

Have to make the query temporary or every other query will use the results messing up the page:

<li class="pagenav"><ul>
  <?php wp_list_pages('title_li='); ?>

<?php $temporary = $wp_query; // set the defined new query ?>
  <?php query_posts('showposts=10');
	  while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
         <li>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
         </li>
<?php endwhile; $wp_query = $temporary; //reset it back to normal  ?>
</ul></li>

I found a good explanation here: https://brassblogs.com/cms-platforms/wordpress/creating-wordpress-themes-query_posts

Thanks!

Frank