Title: Loop offset by 1
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Loop offset by 1

 *  [GaryKay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garykay/)
 * (@garykay)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-offset-by-1/)
 * I have a page , [News Page](http://machetelab.co.za/rabie/news/), that has a 
   featured article on top, with all other articles(posts) displayed below. The 
   featured article and the first article below are the same. I need the first article
   below to be offset by 1 so the featured article is not displayed twice. I have
   tried a query to offset by 1, but the following pages display the same articles
   as the first page.
 * My Code:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
       Template Name: News Page
       */
       get_header(); ?>
   
       <div class="container">
         <div class="row">
           <h2 class="page_title">Our Latest News</h2>
           <hr class="fade_rule">
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="container">
         <div class="row"> </div>
   
         <!--#######################################################################################-->
   
         <?php if( !is_paged() )  {?>
         <div class="news_main news_feed">
           <?php $the_query = new WP_Query( 'showposts=1' ); ?>
           <?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>
           <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
           <div class="news_feature_thumb">
             <?php
       					if ( has_post_thumbnail() )
       						the_post_thumbnail( 'full' );
       					else
   
       					?>
           </div>
           <div class="news_featured_content">
             <h3 class="feature-title">
               <?php the_title(); ?>
             </h3>
             <p class="news_date">Date posted:
               <?php the_date(); ?>
             </p>
             <?php echo get_news_excerpt(); ?> </div>
           <div class="clear"></div>
           </a> </div>
         <?php endwhile;?>
         <br />
         <?php } else ?>
   
         <!--#######################################################################################-->
   
         <div id="content" class="js-masonry" data-masonry-options='{ "itemSelector": ".news_item" }'>
           <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
           <div class="col-4 news_feed_element news_feed news_item"> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
             <div class="news_post_thumb">
               <?php
                       if ( has_post_thumbnail() )
                           the_post_thumbnail( 'full' );
                       else
   
                       ?>
             </div>
             <div class="news_feed_content">
               <h3 class="feature-title">
                 <?php the_title(); ?>
               </h3>
               <p class="news_date">Date posted:
                 <?php the_date(); ?>
               </p>
               <?php echo get_news_excerpt(); ?> </div>
             <div class="clear"></div>
             </a> </div>
           <?php endwhile;?>
         </div>
         <div class="clear"></div>
       </div>
       <div class="navigation" style="width: 100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto;">
         <p>
           <?php posts_nav_link(); ?>
         </p>
       </div>
       <?php else : ?>
       <h2>Not Found</h2>
       <?php endif; ?>
       </div>
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * Any suggestions will be welcomed.
 * Thank you

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-offset-by-1/#post-4287938)
 * ‘offset’ breaks the pagination as you have already noticed;
    try working with‘
   post__not_in’ and use the post id of the first post;
 * see Codex [http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops_in_Action](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops_in_Action)
 * or search the forum for ‘formatting the first post different’ or similar.
 * btw:
    is that really the code of the used template? your code does not provide
   a list of posts after the first one – it simply outputs the content of the page.
   I would assume you need to create a query for all the other posts(?)
 *  Thread Starter [GaryKay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garykay/)
 * (@garykay)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-offset-by-1/#post-4287942)
 * Hi alchymyth,
 * Thank you for your reply. That is the code, it works as you can see, but from
   your comment it seems wrong.
 *  I have tried ‘post__not_in’ method , I found it [here](http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/10/10-useful-wordpress-loop-hacks/).
   I will go study the codex.
 * Thank you.
 *  [rwandawire](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rwandawire/)
 * (@rwandawire)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-offset-by-1/#post-4288121)
 * Apologies if I’m using this forum incorrectly. This is my first try. I’m new 
   at this and truing to use the Masonry Widget on my page and need to offset a 
   post so it doesn’t repeat. I notice there’s a place in the widget to put “additional”
   stuff. I think this is for additional queire arguments. I wonder if there is 
   something I can paste in there that will tell the widget to offset a certain 
   number of posts. I don’t know where to look to find the code for the widget. 
   I assume that would be functions?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-offset-by-1/#post-4288122)
 * [@rwandawire](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rwandawire/)
 * please have a look through [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome)
 * and then please start your own topic [http://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform](http://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform)
 * > use the Masonry Widget
 * if you are referring to a plugin, please post in the plugin’s direct support 
   section.

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 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-offset-by-1/#post-4288122)
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