Title: Display 5 posts
Last modified: August 14, 2019

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# Display 5 posts

 *  Resolved [stavroch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stavroch/)
 * (@stavroch)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-5-posts/)
 * How can I display the 5 latest posts of one category?
 * Can I display 5 specific posts? If so how?

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 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-5-posts/#post-11850666)
 * To display the 5 most recent posts in “Category A”, use:
 * `[display-posts posts_per_page="5" category="category-a"]`
 * To display 5 specific posts, use their post ID:
 * `[display-posts id="1,5,6,7,39" orderby="post__in"]`
 * The last parameter ensures the posts are displayed in the order you specify, 
   rather than ordered by post date.
 * For more information see: [https://displayposts.com/docs/parameters/](https://displayposts.com/docs/parameters/)

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