PHP WordPress loop, how to remove loop and show single iteration instead?

2 comments

1. Well if the posts are already sorted in the correct order and you just want the first one you could change it to:

   <?php if (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
   
       <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       <span class="postmetadata"><?php the_category(' / ') ?> &mdash; <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' &mdash; '); ?>  <?php comments_popup_link('No comments', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></span><br/>
           <small><span class="date"><?php the_time('d') ?></span><br /><?php the_time('M y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
           <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   
   
   
           <div class="entry">
               <?php the_content('<em>Continue reading &rarr;</em>'); ?>
           </div>
           <div class="clearfix"></div>
   
       </div>
   
   <?php endif; ?>
   

   Log in to Reply

2. Modify the global $query_string variable:

   <?php
   global $query_string;
   $query_string .= "&posts_per_page=1"; // append the post count limit
   query_posts($query_string); // perform the query
   ?>
   
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
       <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       <span class="postmetadata"><?php the_category(' / ') ?> &mdash; <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' &mdash; '); ?>  <?php comments_popup_link('No comments', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></span><br/>
           <small><span class="date"><?php the_time('d') ?></span><br /><?php the_time('M y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
           <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   
           <div class="entry">
               <?php the_content('<em>Continue reading &rarr;</em>'); ?>
           </div>
           <div class="clearfix"></div>
   
       </div>
   
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   

   Log in to Reply