Latest Post from each Category plugin for WordPress

Can I show more posts from each catagorie? I only have one catagorie.

many thanks!

Hey All,

I have been pulling my hair out to display more posts and have found a way to display more posts but its not specific just shows the latest 5 posts. If you change on V1.7 line 294 i = 0 to 3 it will display 5 most recent posts.

Hope that helps some people

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2) In a template file, insert the following code:[/Quote]

What do you mean by ‘template file’? is it folder, .txt, .php, indext.php, single.php and so on.

Hi Admin,

This plugin is exactly what my client needs.

I’m trying to exclude a category using the tip of Jesse last 8-16-06 (code below) but it doesn’t seem to work anymore for Wordpress 2.5 .

I’d appreciate any help. Thanks!

-In the script, find this line:
  AND post_status = 'publish' 
-Right above it, add this line:
  AND {$table_prefix}categories.cat_ID  3
  (Where 3 is the category ID) 

sorry to post twice in a row, but here’s a fix for anyone not scared to modify the code. just search for any instance of:
AND post_date < NOW()
and replace it with
AND post_date < ( NOW() + 86400 )
this lets the script look ahead in the future up to a day from now, which would compensate for any time differences and let you post from your own time zone without issue.

Can u tell me how do i configure your script so that it will look like the same shown in http://www.revenews.com

Please check and let me know

Thank You in Advance

(Reposting because it seems I didn’t need to html-quote everything, please delete the preceding comment. Thanks.)

This simple patch adds a new option, that switches off the ‘per category’ part and just shows all recent posts, using the same formatting etc. I know that kind of subverts the purpose of the plugin, but it was what I needed to do.

Index: dd-lastest-from-each.php
===================================================================
--- dd-lastest-from-each.php	(revision 532)
+++ dd-lastest-from-each.php	(working copy)
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 add_option('ddle_date_format', 'F jS, Y');
 add_option('ddle_excerpts', FALSE);
 add_option('ddle_chars', 200);
+add_option('ddle_all_posts', FALSE);
 add_option('ddle_comment_link', FALSE);
 add_option('ddle_comment_num', FALSE);
 add_option('ddle_comments_none', FALSE);
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 		update_option('ddle_date_format', 'F jS, Y');
 		update_option('ddle_excerpts', FALSE);
 		update_option('ddle_chars', 200);
+		update_option('ddle_all_posts', FALSE);
 		update_option('ddle_comment_link', FALSE);
 		update_option('ddle_comment_num', FALSE);
 		update_option('ddle_comments_none', FALSE);
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@
 		update_option('ddle_date_format', (string) $_POST["ddle_date_format"]);
 		update_option('ddle_excerpts', (bool) $_POST["ddle_excerpts"]);
 		update_option('ddle_chars', (string) $_POST["ddle_chars"]);
+		update_option('ddle_all_posts', (bool) $_POST["ddle_all_posts"]);
 		update_option('ddle_comment_link', (bool) $_POST["ddle_comment_link"]);
 		update_option('ddle_comment_num', (bool) $_POST["ddle_comment_num"]);
 		update_option('ddle_comments_none', (bool) $_POST["ddle_comments_none"]);
@@ -178,6 +181,13 @@
 		(0 = unlimited)
 	</td></tr>
 
+	<tr valign="top"><td width="35%" align="right">
+              Include all posts
+	</td><td align="left">
+		<input type="checkbox" name="ddle_all_posts" value="checkbox" <?php if (get_option('ddle_all_posts')) echo "checked='checked'"; ?>/>
+              <br/>(This option disables the 'from each category' part of the plugin.)
+	</td></tr>
+
 	
 	</table>
 	</fieldset>
@@ -213,8 +223,8 @@
 	$ddle_comment_num = (bool)get_option('ddle_comment_num');
 	$ddle_comments_none = (bool)get_option('ddle_comments_none');
 	$ddle_limit = (int)get_option('ddle_limit');
+        $ddle_all_posts = (bool)get_option('ddle_all_posts');
 
-
 	$hide_check = '';
 	if ($ddle_hide_protected) {
 		$hide_check = " AND post_password = '' ";
@@ -292,11 +302,15 @@
 		}
 
 
+        if (!$ddle_all_posts) {
 
-	$used_cats = array();;
-	$i = 0;
-	foreach ($last_posts as $posts) {
+            /* scan through and remove all but the first post from each
+               category, unless we're including all posts. */
 
+            $used_cats = array();;
+            $i = 0;
+            foreach ($last_posts as $posts) {
+
 		if (in_array($posts->cat_name, $used_cats)) {
 			unset($last_posts[$i]);
 		} else {
@@ -304,7 +318,8 @@
 		}
 
 		$i++;
-	}
+            }
+        }
 	$last_posts = array_values($last_posts);