Display newest posts from multiple categories on front page

  • I am thinking of switching from joomla to wordpress, but I need to know if possible, how to display the newest posts from seven different categories on the front page.

    I’ve seen this:

    query_posts('cat=4');

    But how do I get only the newest post to show from each category?

    Also, is it possible to only show say, 200 words, with a read more link?

    Thanks.
    -nathan

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  • Nathan, Did you find an answer to this? I’d like to do the same and am really surprised it isn’t well documented here. It seems like it would be a popular template for certain types of sites, like news sites.

    https://www.brookegriffin.com/

    I’m looking for the same thing and include text on top of the categories. This site has exactly what i want as it pulls posts from certain categories to the front page. Any help would be appreciated!

    Here’s an example from Austin Matzko

    $post_ids = array(0);
foreach( array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) as $cat_id ) {
        if ( $posts = get_posts(array('cat' => $cat_id, 'showposts' => 5)) ) {
                $first = array_shift($posts);
                $post_ids[] = $first->ID;
        }
}
query_posts(array('post__in' => $post_ids));

    Then here’s another example:

    <?php
//for each category, show 3 posts
$cat_args=array(
  'orderby' => 'name',
  'order' => 'ASC'
   );
$categories=get_categories($cat_args);
  foreach($categories as $category) {
    $args=array(
      'showposts' => 3,
      'category__in' => array($category->term_id),
      'caller_get_posts'=>1
    );
    $posts=get_posts($args);
      if ($posts) {
        echo '<p>Category: <a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a> </p> ';
        foreach($posts as $post) {
          setup_postdata($post); ?>
          <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
          <?php
        } // foreach($posts
      } // if ($posts
    } // foreach($categories
?>

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