Display 5 most recent posts to specific category

  • This may be a simple answer but I have not found it in the codex and by searching. If I have a site with a blog that has the normal loop of posts displaying everything – but want a side bar showing the most recent posts to a specific category. For instance if I have a category that was politics only or entertainment only – and wanted to show the titles of the most recent 5 or 6 posts to that category – how could I do it on the main page? What snippet of code would I want?

    Thanks in advance.

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  • <?php
//get 5 recent posts for categories 14 and 9
    $args=array(
      'category__in' => array(14,9),
      'showposts'=>5,
      'caller_get_posts'=>1
    );
    $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
    if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
      echo '5 recent Posts';
      while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
        <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
       <?php
      endwhile;
    } //if ($my_query)
  wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>
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