Show category posts in sidebar only

suppose specific category id is 5. Write a code above the loop

<?php
 $tmp = $wp_query;
 $paged = get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
 $wp_query = new WP_Query('cat=-5&posts_per_page=10&paged=$paged');
 //here your loop start. don't modify your loop.
  while(have_posts()): the_post(); //like this
  ...........some code here .....
  // loop is end
  endwhile;
  //end of the loop write following line
  $wp_query = $tmp;
?>

Try this once

Thanks
C

Hmm, the page won’t even load when I put that code into my index.php file. Am I perhaps doing something wrong?

can you give your front page file?

Sure, this is the index.php file:

<?php get_header(); ?>
	<div id="content">

	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

			<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
				<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
								<p class="postmetadata">I
	  <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?>  <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('0 Kommentarer »', '1 Kommentar »', '% Kommentarer »'); ?> | <?php if(function_exists('wp_print')) { print_link(); } ?> | <a href="<?php trackback_url(true); ?> " rel="trackback">Trackback</a></p> 

							<span style="display:none;"><?php todays_overall_count($post->ID, '', '', '', '0'); ?></p></span>
				                <div class="entrytext">
					<?php the_content('Forts?¤tt l?¤sa artikeln &raquo;'); ?>
				</div>

		</div>

		<?php endwhile; ?>

		<div class="navigation">
			<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('??ldre inslag') ?></div>
			<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Nyare inslag') ?></div>
		</div>

	<?php else : ?>

		<h2 class="center">Vi hittar inte det du s??ker.</h2>
		<p class="center">Vi hittar ingen matchning till den s??ktermen. Prova n?￥got annat.</p>
		<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>

	<?php endif; ?>

	</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

ok. Can you give your sidebar.php file?

Sorry for the delay, chinmoy29, I’ve been out of town for a while.

Here’s the sidebar.php file. I have the three most recent posts from category 2 displaying, but for some reason the latest post (no matter what category) is diplayed before the three category 2 posts. Can’t see why!?

But, the main issue is that I want category 2 posts to be displayed in the sidebar only on the main page.

<div id="sidebar1">

<ul>
<li>
<h2 style="font-color: #000000;"><img src="https://www.xyz.se/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> Senaste programmen</h2>

<?php $recent = new WP_Query(); ?>
<?php $recent->query('cat=2&showposts=3'); ?>
<?php while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post(); ?>
<ul>
	<li>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
            <div style="font-weight: bold"><?php the_title(); ?></div>
            <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

            </a>
       </li>
</ul>
<?php endwhile; ?>

</ul>
</li>

</ul>

<div style="font-weight: bold;"> > <a href="https://www.xyz.se/?cat=2">Till programarkivet</a></div>
	</div>

<div id="sidebar1">
<ul>
<h2><img src="https://www.xyz.se/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> S?k</h2><ul>
				<div id="search"><?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>
				</ul>

<ul><li>
<h2><img src="/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> Mest l?¤sta</h2>

<ul>
	 <?php todays_count_widget('bes?k', 'ul'); ?> 

</ul>
</li>

<ul> <li><img src="/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> <?php src_simple_recent_comments(); ?> </ul>
</li>

<h2><img src="/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> Prenumerera</h2>
<p><a href="https://feeds.feedburner.com/xyz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="https://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://feeds.feedburner.com/xyz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><font color="#000000">PodCast</font></a></p>
<p>
				<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>"><font color="#000000">RSS - Artiklar</font></a></li>
				<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>"><font color="#000000">RSS - Kommentarer</font></a></li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=312442&loc=en_US"> <font color="#000000">Radio UPF via Epost</font></a></li>
<ul>

</div>

Thanks alot for your time and efforts!

<div id="sidebar1">
<?php if(is_home() || is_fornt_page()): ?>
<ul>
<li>
<h2 style="font-color: #000000;"><img src="https://www.xyz.se/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> Senaste programmen</h2>

<?php $recent = new WP_Query(); ?>
<?php $recent->query('cat=2&showposts=3'); ?>
<?php while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post(); ?>
<ul>
	<li>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
            <div style="font-weight: bold"><?php the_title(); ?></div>
            <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

            </a>
       </li>
</ul>
<?php endwhile; ?>

</ul>
</li>

</ul>
<?php endif; ?>
<div style="font-weight: bold;"> > <a href="https://www.xyz.se/?cat=2">Till programarkivet</a></div>
	</div>

<div id="sidebar1">
<ul>
<h2><img src="https://www.xyz.se/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> S?k</h2><ul>
				<div id="search"><?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>
				</ul>

<ul><li>
<h2><img src="/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> Mest l?¤sta</h2>

<ul>
	 <?php todays_count_widget('bes?k', 'ul'); ?> 

</ul>
</li>

<ul> <li><img src="/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> <?php src_simple_recent_comments(); ?> </ul>
</li>

<h2><img src="/images/bulletlarge.jpg"/> Prenumerera</h2>
<p><a href="https://feeds.feedburner.com/xyz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="https://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://feeds.feedburner.com/xyz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><font color="#000000">PodCast</font></a></p>
<p>
				<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>"><font color="#000000">RSS - Artiklar</font></a></li>
				<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>"><font color="#000000">RSS - Kommentarer</font></a></li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=312442&loc=en_US"> <font color="#000000">Radio UPF via Epost</font></a></li>
<ul>

</div>

Try it once.

Nothing happened with that extra if tag in the sidebar.php. I managed to solve it, though!

By adding the following code after the header call in the index.php file:

<?php if ( is_home() ) {
query_posts($query_string . '&cat=-2');
}
?>

And adding this to the sidebar.php file:

<?php query_posts('cat=2&showposts=3'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<ul>
	<li>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
            <div style="font-weight: bold"><?php the_title(); ?></div>
            <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

            </a>
       </li>
</ul>
        <?php endwhile; ?>

Category 2 posts are excluded from the home page, but show up in the sidebar.