Title: ‘featured post’
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# ‘featured post’

 *  [gs06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gs06/)
 * (@gs06)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/)
 * Hi guys,
 * I want to have only one
    ‘featured post’ on my Blog’s welcome page while the 
   rest of the daily post users will be able to access via a navigation bar
 * any ideas how do i achieve just one post on my blog’s welcome page ?
 * Thank you for your help.
 * ~ Grace

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 *  [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
 * (@manstraw)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/#post-423697)
 * You can do that with this plugin.
 * [http://mattread.com/projects/wp-plugins/custom-query-string-plugin/](http://mattread.com/projects/wp-plugins/custom-query-string-plugin/)
 * Basically, it lets you customize the query that determines how many posts will
   show on the home page. You can set it to 1.
 *  Thread Starter [gs06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gs06/)
 * (@gs06)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/#post-423804)
 * the plug-in doesn’t a read-me file
    for novices as myself can you refer me to
   where i can find further instructions? Thank you !
 *  Thread Starter [gs06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gs06/)
 * (@gs06)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/#post-423805)
 * just wanted to clarify,
 * i am looking for ANY plug-in
    which, allows me to control the number of posts
   in my blog opening page
 * any suggestions ?
 *  [samsarin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samsarin/)
 * (@samsarin)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/#post-423806)
 * You don’t need a plugin to do that. Open your main page (index.php) and find 
   the following line:
 * ` while (have_posts()) : the_post();`
 * and change it to:
 * ` query_posts('showposts=x');
    while (have_posts()) : the_post();
 * where x is the number of posts you want to show. For example, to show 2 posts,
   you would change it to:
 * ` query_posts('showposts=2');
    while (have_posts()) : the_post();
 *  [Pizdin Dim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pizdin_dim/)
 * (@pizdin_dim)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/#post-423807)
 * > _“You can do that with this plugin.”_
 * It’s not there. All I see is some discussions about it, that’s all.
 *  Thread Starter [gs06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gs06/)
 * (@gs06)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/#post-423808)
 * Thanks samsarin for the code.
    but i do not have
 * query_posts(‘showposts=2’);
 * I do have
 * <?php if ($posts) {foreach($posts as $post) { start_wp(); ?>
 * how do i cnage the number of posts ?
    Thank you ~ Grace
 *  [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
 * (@manstraw)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/#post-423809)
 * If you have the plugin installed (the easiest way to do this), just click Options
   and then CQS to get to the config page for it. See where it says Add a New Condition?
   Beside Query select is_home, then move to the right and enter the number for 
   posts you want to show (1 in this case). Then move to the right, and hit the 
   Add button. That’s all you need do. I recommend you get your hands dirty with
   the plugin. Anything you do can be deleted easily.
 *  Thread Starter [gs06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gs06/)
 * (@gs06)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/#post-423811)
 * Any idea what plug-in they are talking about ?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-2/#post-423812)
 * [http://mattread.com/archives/2006/01/custom-query-string-27/](http://mattread.com/archives/2006/01/custom-query-string-27/)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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