Blog posts on static front page

  • I am displaying a static front page with the ‘Front page displays’ setting in the ‘Reading’ panel. This works great but I would like to pull in a list of recent blog posts (possibly by category) into this ‘static’ page, which is using its own page template. I’m not sure the best way to do this. I’m assuming it will require multiple ‘Loops’ since the page template already uses ‘have_posts()’ to pull in the ‘static’ content. I’ve done a bunch of searches for tips on how to do this, but a lot of the results seem outdated, so I’m looking for the most current method of achieving this with a fresh install of WordPress 2.5. Thanks for any help about how to achieve this!

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  • This is exactly what I was looking for but I need to put it on a front/home page. How do I link to the blog when the page is in the parent directory? In other words, where does the blog/ go?
    Thanks

    drumz, not quite following. the blog by default DOES go on the front/home page. you can have a ‘static’ or other custom home page by creating a page and then setting that as the home page in the ‘reading’ settings section. or you can modify the template (index.php typically for home, or page.php for other pages, or create your own) for the home or other page to do what you want.

    really appreciate this info but i can’t display info about comments in this custom loop, because comments_popup_link apparently only works in ‘the’ loop.

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