Exclude newest post from category X but show rest

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1. A while back i posted a simple function that gets latest post in a certain category:

   function get_lastest_post_of_category($cat){
       $args = array( 'posts_per_page' => 1, 'order'=> 'DESC', 'orderby' => 'date', 'category__in' => (array)$cat);
       $post_is = get_posts( $args );
       return $post_is[0]->ID;
   }
   

   So once you have that function you can use use WP_Query or query_posts and using the post__not_in parameter you can exclude that post, so something like:

   query_posts(array(`post__not_in` => array(get_lastest_post_of_category($CAT_ID))));
   

   just change $CAT_ID to the actual category id

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2. Since by default the loop will retrieve the posts in descending order by date, you can do something like the following:

   Outside the loop:

   $featured_flag = false;
   

   Inside the loop:

   if(in_category('Featured')) {
       if($featured_flag) {
           the_content();
       }
       else {
           $featured_flag = true;
       }
   }
   else {
       the_content();
   }
   

   The first time a post from the Featured category is encountered (i.e. the most recent) it will be ignored and the $featured_flag will be set to true. Subsequent times through the loop the_content() will be displayed.

   Edit: To account for pagination you could change $featured_flag to a $_SESSION variable. That way the true/false value will persist across multiple pages, and once it’s been set to true posts will continue to display properly. Thanks for pointing out the error of my ways Bainternet 🙂

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