get_posts offset not working

I am customizing the archive.php to display a large version of the first post, then list the rest of the posts in boxes. It’s working great, except the offset for the second get_posts() is not working. It is including the first post, and I can’t figure out why; I’ve never had this happen before. Here is the code for my archive.php:

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying archive pages.
 *
 * @link https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Template_Hierarchy
 *
 * @package The_Acorn_House
 */

get_header(); ?>

	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
			<div class="container">
				<div class="container-inner">
					
						
						<?php 
						$metaValue = wp_get_terms_meta($cat, 'category_image' ,true); 
						if ($metaValue){
							echo '<div class="featured-image"><img src="';
							echo $metaValue;
							echo '" /></div><!-- .featured-image -->';
						}?>
						
						
						<div class="item-box title-box category-title">
							<div class="item-box-inner">
								<h2>Category</h2>
								<?php if (category_description())
								{
									echo category_description();
								} else {
									echo '<h3>';
									single_cat_title();
									echo '</h3>';
								}
								?>
							</div><!-- .item-box-inner -->
						</div><!-- .item-box -->
				</div><!--.container-inner -->
			</div><!--.container -->
			
			
			<?php   // show 3 posts from each subcategory
				 
				$categories = get_categories( array(
				    'orderby' => 'name',
				    'parent'  => $cat
				) );
				
				if ($categories){
				
				foreach ( $categories as $category ) {?>
				
				    <div class="container alternaterow blog-subcategory">
						<div class="container-inner">
							<?php 
								echo '<h3><a href="';
								echo $category->slug;
								echo '">';
								echo $category->name;
								echo '</a></h3>'; ?>
							
							<div class="thirdcol-container">	
								<?php $args = array(
									'posts_per_page'   => 3,
									'category'         => $category->term_id,
									'orderby'          => 'post_date',
									'order'            => 'DESC',
									'post_type'        => 'post',
									'post_status'      => 'publish'
									 );
								
								$myposts = get_posts( $args );
								foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
									<div class="thirdcol">
										<div class="blog-excerpt blog-small item-box">
											<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('medium-landscape'); ?></a>
											<?php include(STYLESHEETPATH . '/inc/item-box-inner.php'); ?>
										</div><!-- .blog-excerpt -->
									</div><!-- .thirdcol -->
								<?php endforeach; 
								wp_reset_postdata();?>
							</div><!-- .thirdcol-container -->
						</div><!--.container-inner -->
					</div><!--.container -->

				<?php }
				} ?>
						
						<!-- show first post, larger -->
						<div class="container-inner cat-top-post">
							<?php $args = array(
								'posts_per_page'   => 1,
								'category'         => $cat,
								'orderby'          => 'post_date',
								'order'            => 'DESC',
								'post_type'        => 'post',
								'post_status'      => 'publish'
								 );
							
							$myposts = get_posts( $args );
							foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
								<div class="featured-image column">
									<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('large'); ?></a>
								</div><!-- .featured-image -->
								
								<div class="blog-excerpt item-box column">
									<?php include(STYLESHEETPATH . '/inc/item-box-inner.php'); ?>
								</div><!-- .blog-excerpt -->
								
							<?php endforeach; 
							wp_reset_postdata();?>	
								
						</div><!-- .container-inner -->
						
					<div class="container category-list-posts">
						<div class="container-inner">
							<div class="thirdcol-container">
						<?php $args = array(
								'posts_per_page'   => -1,
								'offset'           => 1,
								'category'         => $cat,
								'orderby'          => 'post_date',
								'order'            => 'DESC',
								'post_type'        => 'post',
								'post_status'      => 'publish'
								 );
							
							$myposts = get_posts( $args );
							foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
							<!-- show all the rest of the posts, smaller -->
							
							<div class="thirdcol">
								<div class="blog-excerpt blog-small item-box">
									<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('medium-landscape'); ?></a>
									<?php include(STYLESHEETPATH . '/inc/item-box-inner.php'); ?>
								</div><!-- .blog-excerpt -->
							</div><!-- .thirdcol -->
											
							<?php endforeach; 
							wp_reset_postdata();
				
							//the_posts_navigation();
				
						?>
							</div><!-- .thirdcol-container -->
						</div><!--.container-inner -->
					</div><!--.container -->
					
		</main><!-- #main -->
	</div><!-- #primary -->

<?php
get_footer();
?>

• This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by mike62.