Title: get_posts() pulling incorrect data
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# get_posts() pulling incorrect data

 *  [cpettican](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpettican/)
 * (@cpettican)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_posts-pulling-incorrect-data/)
 * Hello,
 * I am trying to put my latest post on my static front page using the following
   php code:
 *     ```
       <?php
        global $post;
        $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=1');
        foreach($myposts as $post) :
        ?>
        <?php the_title(); ?>
        <?php the_content(); ?>
        <?php endforeach; ?>
       ```
   
 * For some reason the data that is displayed comes from two different posts. the_title()
   is returning the correct post title (the most recent), however the_content() 
   is returning the text from my first post, not the most recent. As they both reside
   in the same loop I don’t really understand what’s going wrong to pull two seperate
   posts at the same time.
 * Has anyone experienced this themselves? Would anyone know what I can do to fix
   this?
 * So far I have tried different php codes, deleting most of the plugins, emptying
   both the wp_postmeta and wp_posts database tables and re-entering the posts from
   scratch. I have also reuploaded the wp-includes folder to my server. Nothing 
   so far seems to work..
 * Thank you

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 *  Thread Starter [cpettican](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpettican/)
 * (@cpettican)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_posts-pulling-incorrect-data/#post-3484367)
 * I modified the code to:
 *     ```
       <?php
       global $post;
       $args = array( 'numberposts' => 1);
       $myposts = get_posts( $args );
       foreach( $myposts as $post ) :	setup_postdata($post); ?>
       <?php the_category(' > ','multiple'); ?>
       <h4><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
       Posted by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> on <?php the_date(); ?>
       <?php the_content(); ?>
       <?php the_tags(); ?>
       <?php endforeach; ?>
       ```
   
 * Now it seems to be working Ok.
 *  [claybaby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claybaby/)
 * (@claybaby)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_posts-pulling-incorrect-data/#post-3484592)
 * thanks cpettican, that’s what I was looking for!
 *  [AndreyPutilov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreyputilov/)
 * (@andreyputilov)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_posts-pulling-incorrect-data/#post-3484593)
 * Hi. I have had absolutely the same problem. There were three lines outputting
   the_date, the_title and the_excerpt in the same loop, and they printed data from
   different posts.
    Also notice that I used WP_USE_THEMES as false, I had my own
   loop with get_posts command. But I had setup_postdata correctly.
 * The solution was simple. I didn`t declare $post as global. So. don`t forget, 
   this is important.
 *  [stbedesantafe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stbedesantafe/)
 * (@stbedesantafe)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_posts-pulling-incorrect-data/#post-3484594)
 * **! After I thought about it, I changed your line of code to this:
 * ‘$args = array( ‘numberposts’ => 1, ‘category_name’ => Feature);’
 * and it works. Is this the correct way to format this? !**
 * _____________________
 * This is exactly the code I need as well. Thanks, cpettican!
 * Can you provide code for limiting the category? I have been using:
 * ‘$posts = get_posts(‘numberposts=6&category=2′);’
 * But I notice your code is:
 * ‘$args = array( ‘numberposts’ => 1);’
 * Would specifying the category be the in array statement and how would it be formulated?

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## Tags

 * [get_posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/get_posts/)
 * [the_content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/the_content/)
 * [the_title](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/the_title/)

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