lloydarmbrust

Well, I already answered this in another post, but here it is again:

<ul>
 <?php
 global $post;
 $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=1&category=1');
 foreach($myposts as $post) :
 setup_postdata($post);
 ?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 </ul>

I should also mention that you need to change the category=1 to = the category ID number of your desire.

I’d really like to know how to make the category ID generate automatically. As in, if you added this code to a specific page within a category, it would pull that category ID and display more posts related to that category. I’ve been trying to figure this out, but apparently my PHP is lacking.

You actually don’t need a plugin for this as the WordPress Codex includes this feature.

Just use the following code:

<ul>
 <?php
 global $post;
 $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=1&category=1');
 foreach($myposts as $post) :
 setup_postdata($post);
 ?>

<li><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> --- <?php the_excerpt(); ?></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 </ul>

If you don’t want it to post a digest, than use this code:

<ul>
 <?php
 global $post;
 $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=1&category=1');
 foreach($myposts as $post) :
 setup_postdata($post);
 ?>

<li><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
 </li>
</ul>

I didn’t make this up, the smart dudes at WordPress and nerds from around the world did. I always suggest searching the WordPress documentation before relying on a plug in–those things are so annoying to update!