The Loop. How can I grab most recent post from CATEGORY?

[AngryMan]

I watched The Loop video twice and took a bunch of notes.

I can’t even figure out how to pull in a post from a specific category. Based on my notes I took, I thought it would be something like this:

That code and 5 hours worth of variations of this code gives me nothing but the desire to jump out of a window.

Can someone please tell me how to grab the TITLE and IMAGE from the MOST RECENT POST in a SPECIFIC CATEGORY?

Thank you. I hope to receive your instructions before the three days wait is up on a gun purchase with which I plan to blow my brains out.

[TheDoc]

The query has to come first. This is from the Snippet section on this very site:

[AngryMan]

You’ve made AngryMan pretty happy. Unfortunately, I did figure that out slightly before finding this answer, though much later than you posted it. Oh well, something to be said for self-discovery, I suppose.

Now, I just need to figure out how to grab THE IMAGE only. Maybe there is a the_image(); function… will work on this tomorrow. Mind needs rest. Thanks again.

[TheDoc]

If you used the wonderful featured image function, then you would use:

If you have put it in the body area of the post/page, you’ll be able to check if the post has any attachments to it and it gets slightly complicated from there. I would definitely use the featured image function!

[AngryMan]

AngryMan is going home happy. The kids will not be beaten tonight. Thank you. :)

PS. I jest about child abuse! HA! I have no kids!

PPS – Seriously, thank you very much! I was getting so frustrated today. It is good to see that I accomplished something… by finally asking the right person for help!

[TheDoc]

Hey no problem! That’s what this forum is for!

[AngryMan]

So, I tried this and it’s not showing anything:

Is there something wrong with this code?
Do I need an echo or something instead of just
???

When I added the image to the post, I clicked the Featured Image link and then the Insert Image button. Is there something else I need to do to make this a Featured Image in order to work?

[AngryMan]

I’m starting from Chris Coyier’s “Personal Homepage Theme” from the video tutorial, btw, so it’s possible that if that code looks right and if I added the Featured Image correctly that his theme simply does not support Featured Images. Which seems very possible since I remember he cut a lot of default WP options out of his theme.

[AngryMan]

Yeah… crud, that seems to be the case. Anyone know of a better blank theme than Starkers? The way the index.php grabs a loop.php just seems like a convoluted mess to me.

[TheDoc]

It’s no problem! Just open up your functions.php and add the thumbnail support. I’m going to post one that I just used in a project:

// post thumbnail support

if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );



if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) {

add_image_size( 'featured-stylist', 220, 220, true );

add_image_size( 'photo-gallery', 130, 130, true );

add_image_size( 'stylist-detail', 253, 323, true );

add_image_size( 'stylist-listing', 150, 150, true );

}

You’ll notice that I set up a bunch of different sizes. This is because I don’t want the images to be the same size on different templates.

In each template I am able to call a specific size by going like this:

If you add new sizes after an image has already been uploaded, you’ll have to re-upload your images. But wait! There’s a lovely plugin that goes through all of your images and recreates all of the thumbnails for you – phew!

After you’ve added the thumbnail functionality, you should see a “Set Featured Image” link on the right of your visual editor when editing a post or page in the WordPress backend.

[AngryMan]

Oh cool! In the meantime, I had found a simpler version:

add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );
/*set_post_thumbnail_size( 80, 55, true ); // W x H, hard crop if you want the thumbnails to automatically crop*/

but yours is way better, obviously!

Thanks again!

[Author]

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