I have a “Special” category, on which I query 4 posts to appear in a different layout on the front page. After that, I must show all posts (from all categories), but not the 4 posts I already showed.
Currenty, I’m keeping track of the post ids I showed, and then, I fetch max_posts + 4 from the database, and don’t display if the_ID was already displayed.
I know this can be done in a much cleaner manner using sql directly, but haven’t found a way to tweak wordpress queries in such a low level.
Any tips ?