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1. ketosproject
   Member
   Feb 14, 2013, 10:20 AM

   hello! I need to change a bit of coding in the back end of my theme in order to display only certain category for some pages. I can do that only by accessing the codes, but there is no choice in this new wordpress. I want to use this following code in the new pages that i am creating, so to trigger only certain posts/category:
   <?php query_posts('category_name=CATEGORYNAME&showposts=5');
   while (have_posts()) : the_post();
   // do whatever you want
   ?>
   <b>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?>
   <?php
   endwhile;
   ?>

   could you help me with this? thanks

   The blog I need help with is woodenleg.me.

2. 1tess
   Moderator
   Feb 14, 2013, 10:26 AM

   You won't be able to do that on wp.COM
   Did you know that there are very different kinds of WordPress?
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
   One cannot access php here. You'd have to host your site somewhere then use software and themes from wp.ORG

3. 1tess
   Moderator
   Feb 14, 2013, 10:30 AM

   On second thought, I'm not exactly sure what you want to accomplish but this shortcode might be of use:
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/display-posts-shortcode/

4. 1tess
   Moderator
   Feb 14, 2013, 10:35 AM

   http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/display-posts-shortcode

5. ketosproject
   Member
   Feb 14, 2013, 11:11 AM

   I guessed so...
   thanks Tess, useful tip!

6. 1tess
   Moderator
   Feb 14, 2013, 11:17 AM

   You are welcome.

   I have not had time to experiment with that shortcode, nor do I quite understand what you hope to do, but it might work very well on a page which you could link in a custom menu…but if that works, then
   the price is right.
   Yes?
   (sorry: old U.S. TV show pun ≥^!^≤)

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