Display only top 3 posts from 3 categories on front page

  • I would like to display only the top 3 posts from 3 selected categories on home page. All category pages can display 10 as usual.

    Any idea what to add to the loop to do this? Am using a child theme so can drop the code into the functions file – have found how to limit the post number on front but not specify categories (or add the name of them to the meta).

    Thanks in advance.

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  • // The Query
$the_query= new WP_Query( 'cat=1,2,3&posts_per_page=3' );

// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
	echo '
<ul>';
	while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
		$the_query->the_post();
		echo '
<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>
';
	}
	echo '</ul>
';
} else {
	// no posts found
}
/* Restore original Post Data */
wp_reset_postdata()
// just replace your categry id with 1,2,3
    Thread Starter atimes2015

    (@atimes2015)

    Thanks for that, however it doesn’t work – maybe because the loop in my theme is slightly different to what you’ve posted.

    Can you let me know where to insert the Query and what loop adjustments I need to make?

    <?php
		$paged = get_query_var( 'paged' ) ? (int) get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
		$page_title = __( 'Latest Articles', 'opti' );
		$ignore_post = -1;

		if ( $paged == 1 ) {
			get_template_part( 'includes/featured' );
		} else {
			$page_title = sprintf( __( 'Recent Posts - page %d', 'opti' ), $paged );
		}

		if ( have_posts() ) {
?>

		<div id="recent-posts" class="<?php echo $recent_colwidth; ?>">
			<h3><?php echo $page_title; ?></h3>

			<ul id="recent-excerpts">
<?php

			while( have_posts() ) {
				the_post();
				if ( $post->ID != $ignore_post ) {
					get_template_part( 'content', 'home-loop' );
				}
			}
?>
			</ul>
<?php
			get_template_part( 'includes/pagination' );
?>
		</div><!--END RECENT/OLDER POSTS-->

    Thanks

    Thread Starter atimes2015

    (@atimes2015)

    How can I get the top three posts from three selected categories on front page?

    Is this even possible without a plugin?

    Thread Starter atimes2015

    (@atimes2015)

    I’ve tried using a function which will display only 3 posts from 1, 2 or 3 categories but I cant make it order them by category … any ideas?

    // Only top 3 posts from selected 3 cats
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'ad_filter_categories');
function ad_filter_categories($query) {
    if ($query->is_main_query() && is_home()) {
        $query->set('cat','1,2,3');
		$query->set('posts_per_page', 9);
    }
}

    Is there a ‘posts_per_category’ declaration and a way of ordering them as cat 2 first, then 3, then 1 instead of by date posted?

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