Title: Mini Loop outside wordpress directory
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Mini Loop outside wordpress directory

 *  [ikthius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikthius/)
 * (@ikthius)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop-outside-wordpress-directory/)
 * Hi,
 * I have seen the codex page [http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop_in_Action#Excerpts_Only](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop_in_Action#Excerpts_Only)
 * and I think this is what I need….
 * I have static page outside the wordpress directory e.g.
 *     ```
       RESOURCES
            index.html
            WORDPRESS
       ```
   
 * so that I can get a small excerpt about 100 words on the static index page, I
   seen this code..
 *     ```
       <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   
         <?php if (($wp_query->post_count) > 1) : ?>
            <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
              <!-- Do your post header stuff here for excerpts-->
                 <?php the_excerpt() ?>
              <!-- Do your post footer stuff here for excerpts-->
            <?php endwhile; ?>
   
         <?php else : ?>
   
            <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
              <!-- Do your post header stuff here for single post-->
                 <?php the_content() ?>
              <!-- Do your post footer stuff here for single post-->
            <?php endwhile; ?>
   
         <?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php else : ?>
            <!-- Stuff to do if there are no posts-->
   
       <?php endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * but this is my output..
    `post_count) > 1) : ?>`
 * what part of the code could I change so that I see a snippet of the latest blog
   entry? I was wnating this to be constantly changing as and when new content is
   uploaded.

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 *  Thread Starter [ikthius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikthius/)
 * (@ikthius)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop-outside-wordpress-directory/#post-849027)
 * I have been reading a lot about this……
 * I am getting conflicting information about using any wordpress content outside
   of wordpress’ loop.
 * is it possible to have an excerpt of the latest post outside of wordpress on 
   a static html page?
 *  Thread Starter [ikthius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikthius/)
 * (@ikthius)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop-outside-wordpress-directory/#post-849132)
 * I eventually found what I was looking for….
 * to make wordpress posts show the excerpts outside of your wordpress directory
   you need to have a php file to do this.
    my file was called index.php within 
   a separate directory.
 * then I added this to the very start of the php file
 *     ```
       <?php
       // Include WordPress
       define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
       require('/data01/abc/demo/resources/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');
       //whatever your web directory structure is, http://www. did not work
       query_posts('showposts=1');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * then had my html to keep the same layout and added this piece of code where i
   wanted the excerpt to be shown:
 *     ```
       <!-- mini loop for the excerpts -->
       <?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
         <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
         <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
         <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="text1">Read more...</a>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
       <!-- end the mini loop -->
       ```
   
 * I hope this helps someone, as I had been hunting non stop for a few days, thinking
   it was the holy grail, now I think my next challenge will be, showing excerpts
   from other wordpress blogs not on my server, e.g. bbc blogs.
 *  [sators](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sators/)
 * (@sators)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop-outside-wordpress-directory/#post-849176)
 * This guy did it!!!
 * [Display WordPress content outside of your blog](http://www.corvidworks.com/articles/wordpress-content-on-other-pages)
 * Worked for me on 2.6.2.

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## Tags

 * [excerpts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/excerpts/)

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mini-loop-outside-wordpress-directory/#post-849176)
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