How can I link to the latest post in a category

  • Hi,

    I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me with this problem.

    I’m creating a custom theme and I’m trying to create a button which when pressed will link to the latest post in a certain category. I need it to link directly to the post’s page and not to a category page or archive page etc.

    If anyone has any ideas how I would go about creating such a link, I would be really grateful of the help.

    Thanks,
    Dean

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  • Hm. I’m trying to do something similar, but a bit more complicated. Maybe this would help you though…

    try: Latest

    Change cat to whatever you want.

    Then, make a page in your theme called:
    category-3.php

    have that run through the loop just once, and you’re there.
    (good article on making a basic loop)
    seej

    Hm. I’m trying to do something similar, but a bit more complicated. Maybe this would help you though…

    try: <a href="?cat="3">Latest</a>

    Change cat to whatever you want.

    Then, make a page in your theme called:
    category-3.php

    have that run through the loop just once, and you’re there.
    (good article on making a basic loop)
    seej

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