Title: Content in loop
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Content in loop

 *  [Wetail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierrewiberg/)
 * (@pierrewiberg)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-in-loop/)
 * Hi,
 * I’d like to add banners within the loop of blog posts.
 * The problem is that I cant quite understand how to add it after every third post.
   Any ideas? I would be real glad NOT to use any lame plugins.
 * Thanks!!

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 *  [donuthole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donuthole/)
 * (@donuthole)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-in-loop/#post-2161107)
 * Just before the loop, set a PHP variable (eg, $my_count) and set it equal to 
   1: `$my_count=1;`. Then, at the end of the loop, just before `endwhile;`, add`
   $mycount+=1;` to increase the variable by 1.
 * Finally, wherever you want your banners to appear, put:
 * `if(($my_count%3)==0):`
    Your banner code `endif;`
 * That $my_count%3 says “If the number $my_count is evenly divisible by 3 (ie, 
   no remainder), put my banner code here.”
 *  Thread Starter [Wetail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierrewiberg/)
 * (@pierrewiberg)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-in-loop/#post-2161109)
 * Thanks for a quick reply!
 * Can you give me a little more details on your code, I’m pretty new on PHP :-/
   
   But I’m pretty familiar with the loop so just the basics of your code would be
   highly appreciated, and I can play around with it 🙂
 * Thanks!
 *  [donuthole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donuthole/)
 * (@donuthole)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-in-loop/#post-2161114)
 * All it’s doing is creating a variable called $my_count before the loop, and then
   setting that variable equal to the number 1. Then, once the loop starts, the 
   variable increases by 1 after each post is displayed (the $my_count+=1 line).
 * So…if you’re using the default setup, the WordPress loop will pull ten posts 
   and your $my_count variable would look like this:
 *     ```
       $my_count=1
       BEGIN WORDPRESS LOOP
       POST #1
       $my_count=2
       POST #2
       $my_count=3
       POST #3
       $my_count=4
       POST #4
       $my_count=5
       POST #6
       $my_count=7
       POST #7
       $my_count=8
       POST #8
       $my_count=9
       POST #9
       $my_count=10
       POST #10
       $my_count=11
       END WORDPRESS LOOP
       ```
   
 * The “if” function says that your code inside the “if” function should appear 
   if $my_count=3,6,9,12 — basically, any time $my_count is evenly divisible by 
   3. In the above example, your code would appear after POST #3, POST #6, and POST#
   9.
 * So a sample code would look like this:
 *     ```
       <?php
       $my_count=1;
       if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();
       ?>
       <div class="entry">
       <h1><?php the_title();?></h1>
       <?php the_content();?>
       </div>
       <?php if(($my_count%3)==0):?>
       <div class="banner">
       Content of banner (Google AdSense code or whatever)
       </div>
       <?php endif;?>
       <?php
       $my_count+=1;
       endwhile;
       endif;
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Wetail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierrewiberg/)
 * (@pierrewiberg)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-in-loop/#post-2161116)
 * You are fantastic human being!
    Thanks!

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