How to display most recent post from a category

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Wordpress API

Use following code for showing the recent post from category:

<?php
query_posts(‘showposts=1&cat= get_cat_id(‘category_name’)');
while(have_posts()) : the_post();
?>
<h3><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark”><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

You can replace the category_name to your category name

16 thoughts on “How to display most recent post from a category”

Nicole on April 5, 2010 at 1:55 pm said:

This doesn't seem to be working in the latest version of wordpress. It was giving me a blank page until I removed the quotes around the category name, and then it was simply returning every post instead of just that category. Anyone know who to make this work?

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Tifany Harlan on May 28, 2011 at 11:56 pm said:

Thanks for posting. Good to see that not everyone is using RSS feeds to build their blogs

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Michel Mayen on September 11, 2011 at 11:17 pm said:

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Riley Pockrus on September 19, 2011 at 5:40 am said:

I’ve been checking your blog for a while now, seems like everyday I learn something new Thanks

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Pattie Dampier on October 16, 2011 at 3:45 pm said:

Great read. Thanks for the info!

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Shery Fraize on October 17, 2011 at 4:54 pm said:

I was just having a conversation over this I am glad I came across this it cleared some of the questions I had.

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Mackenzie Hardridge on October 18, 2011 at 12:33 am said:

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Arlie Breedon on October 22, 2011 at 9:54 am said:

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Carmon Gata on October 22, 2011 at 5:37 pm said:

This post makes a lot of sense !

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Evan Precht on October 23, 2011 at 8:42 am said:

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Pete Widrick on October 28, 2011 at 1:42 am said:

Great read. Thanks for the info!

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Florinda Wolfson on October 29, 2011 at 7:54 am said:

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Claud Smale on October 29, 2011 at 11:09 pm said:

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