Title: Featured Post and Multiple Loops
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Featured Post and Multiple Loops

 *  [adefesche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adefesche/)
 * (@adefesche)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-and-multiple-loops/)
 * Hi there. I’m currently running multiple loops to get a category listing to display
   in two columns, but now I need to separate out the first two posts to display
   them differently (like featured posts) but I can’t seem to figure out how to 
   do so without them being repeated again in the two column loops. Any help is 
   appreciated.
 * The two column loop code is like this so far:
 *     ```
       <div id="left-column">
       <?php if (have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : $i++; if(($i % 2) == 0) : $wp_query->next_post(); else : the_post(); ?>
       <?php woo_image('key=image&width=280&height=125&class=img'); ?>
       <h3 class="cat-title"><?php the_category(', ') ?></h3>
       <h1 class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
       <div class="entry">
       <?php echo woo_excerpt( get_the_excerpt(), '300'); ?><br />
       <span class="more"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> &raquo; <?php _e('read more','woothemes'); ?></a></span>
       </div>
   
       <?php endif; endwhile; else: ?>
       <div>Alternate content</div>
       <?php endif; ?>
       </div>
   
       <?php $i = 0; rewind_posts(); ?>
   
       <div id="right-column">
       <?php if (have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : $i++; if(($i % 2) !== 0) : $wp_query->next_post(); else : the_post(); ?>
   
       <?php woo_image('key=image&width=280&height=125&class=img'); ?>
       <h3 class="cat-title"><?php the_category(', ') ?></h3>
       <h1 class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
       <div class="entry">
       <?php echo woo_excerpt( get_the_excerpt(), '300'); ?><br />
       <span class="more"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> &raquo; <?php _e('read more','woothemes'); ?></a></span>
       </div>
   
       <?php endif; endwhile; else: ?>
       <div>Alternate content</div>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       </div>
       ```
   
 * If there’s anyone that might be able to help me with what to add to that to style
   posts 1 and 2, I would be forever in your debt. Thanks!

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-and-multiple-loops/#post-1902502)
 * there is some ideas:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops_in_Action](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops_in_Action)

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## Tags

 * [feature posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/feature-posts/)
 * [multiple loops](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multiple-loops/)

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 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-post-and-multiple-loops/#post-1902502)
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