Latest News on static hompage

<?php
 $my_latestNews = new WP_Query('category_name=news&showpost=5');
 while($my_latestNews->have_posts()): $my_latestNews->the_post();
?>
   <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink()?>" rel="Bookmark" ><?php the_title()?></a></h2>
   <p><?php the_content("Read more..."); ?></p>
<?php
 endwhile;
?>

Try this.

sorry to be dense but how do I get this to show only on the home page if I insert in to page.php?

use this

<?php if(is_home()) :
$my_latestNews = new WP_Query('category_name=news&showpost=5');
 while($my_latestNews->have_posts()): $my_latestNews->the_post();
?>
   <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink()?>" rel="Bookmark" ><?php the_title()?></a></h2>
   <p><?php the_content("Read more..."); ?></p>
<?php
 endwhile;
endif;
?>

or use is_front_page() function

hmmm
Have added in the code and this is bringing up nothing, please can you show where i need to enter site specific information into the code.

Sorry very new to wordpress

do you create a “news” category for latest News?

Put the code before the while(have_posts()): line

Ah progress

I have now have the relevant category showing on every page using the following

<h1>Latest News</h1>
<ul class="latest-news">
<?php
 global $post;
 $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=3');
 foreach($myposts as $post) :
 ?>

<li><span class="post-info"><?php the_title(); ?><?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></span><a>"></a></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>

2 questions
I would like to put this in a div and show the div only on the homepage how?
I would like to have 3 or 4 lines of each post showing as a teaser, how?

Progress

I now have the ‘latestnews’ categories showing only on the front page using the follwing,

<?php if( is_front_page() ) { ?>
<div class="latestnews">
<h1>Latest News</h1>
<ul class="latest-news">
<?php
 global $post;
 $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=3');
 foreach($myposts as $post) :
 ?>
    <li><span class="post-info"><?php the_title(); ?><br/><?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></span><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"></a></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div>
	<?php } ?>

I would like to show 3 lines of copy from each post, any ideas?

Thanks for your help chinmoy29 I now the following code working

<?php if( is_front_page() ) { ?>					<!--This controls the small boxes div on the homepage-->
<div class="coverboxes">
<?php $posts = get_posts( "category=4&numberposts=2" ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?>
     <?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
       <div class="post">

          <p class="post-info-home"><span class="coverbox_header"><?php the_title(); ?></span></p>
          <div class="post-title-home">
       </div>
       <div class="entry">
          <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
          <em><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>">Read more</a></em>
       </div>
     </div>
   <?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

This code does not show the image in the post is there any way of pulling this into the homepage above the excerpt. Help great;y appreciated

I tried<?php the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>' ) ); ?> but it doesn’t work.

<?php the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>' ) ); ?>

Its have no error. Did you put this <!--more--> in your post? If you don’t use that tag, the ‘Continue reading>>’ would not be came. Go to EDITOR through admin and put the “more” tag.

Place `function new_excerpt_length($length) {
return 10;
}
add_filter(‘excerpt_length’, ‘new_excerpt_length’);` in your functions.php