show an excerpt for recent posts of a specific category

  • i am trying to write the code for having just an excerpt of posts from a specific category (news) show on a page.

    here is the code i have: 

    <h6>Latest News</h6>
<p><?php
	$args = array( 'numberposts' => '2', 'category' => 6, );
	$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
	foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
		echo '<a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '" title="Look '.esc_attr($recent["post_title"]).'" >' .   $recent["post_title"].'</a>';
		echo '<br> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet nuno valencia esta di mari askebar de coloumbusus.';
		echo '<a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '" title="Look '.esc_attr($recent["post_title"]).'" > <hr>read more <br></a>';
	}
?>
</p>

    i can’t figure out how to call the excerpts.
    for now i just put “
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet nuno valencia esta di mari askebar de coloumbusus.” where i want the excerpt.

    i’ve searched but i can’t find anything relevant to within an argument array.

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  • Thread Starter rebeccacarney

    (@rebeccacarney)

    never mind, i got it.

    <h6>Latest News</h6>
<p>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=News&showposts=2');
  		while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
  		$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
  		<?php
			$strings = preg_split('/(\.|!|\?)\s/', strip_tags($post->post_content), 2, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
			echo apply_filters('the_excerpt', $strings[0] .  $strings[1]);
			echo '<hr><p><a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '" title="Look '.esc_attr($recent["post_title"]).'" >read more</a></p>';
		?>
 <?php endwhile; ?>
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