Sort by category and then date on WordPress homepage

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My WordPress site has multiple custom categories and posts types all which need to be displayed on the home page blogroll. But I need the first post on the homepage always to be the most recent post from a specific category.

For example the pst at the top of the page will always be the latest “giraffe” category; and below it; sorted default/chronologically are more “walrus” mixed with “seagull” and “nachos”

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What would be the best way to accomplish this?

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  1. Without running through the Loop twice, sticky posts are your best option.

    Otherwise:

    ...
$args = array(
 'orderby' => 'post_date',
 'category'=> 'giraffe',
 'numberposts'=> 1,
);
$latest_giraffe_post = get_posts( $args );    
...

    then do what you’re already doing for the rest