Title: Multiple loop question – featured items
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Multiple loop question – featured items

 *  Resolved [GATEKeeper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatekeeper/)
 * (@gatekeeper)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-loop-question-featured-items/)
 * Hate to bug folks with a PHP question like this, but can someone help me fix 
   the front page of my site? I’m using a template to run multiple loops and show
   a featured item, along with 3 more headlines beside that. Then below that I want
   to do that all again and still not show the first item in the featured spot again.
   Here’s the two sections of code I’m using – any help would be appreciated:
 *     ```
       <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=front-page&showposts=1');
         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
         $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
   
          <div class="post">
       	<div class="storycontent">
       	<H5><?php the_category(' > '); ?></H5>
       	<CENTER><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img class="post-image" BORDER=0 src="<?php post_image('', false, false); ?>"   /></a></CENTER>
   
       	<div class="title" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
   
        <TABLE WIDTH="350" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 ALIGN=CENTER class="story-table"><TR><TD>
       		 <?php the_excerpt_reloaded(35, '', '', true, '>> Read more'); ?>
       		 </TD></TR></TABLE>
   
       		 </div>
       		<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
               <!--<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>  -->
   
        			</div>
         <?php endwhile; ?>
   
       <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
         if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>
       <B>Recent Stories:</B><BR />
       <?php c2c_get_recent_posts(3, "<P>%post_URL% (%post_date%)<br />%post_excerpt_short%</P>"); ?>
   
         <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * Followed by…
 *     ```
       <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=reviews&showposts=1');
         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
         $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
   
          <div class="post">
       	<div class="storycontent">
       	<CENTER><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img class="post-image" BORDER=0 src="<?php post_image('', false, false); ?>"   /></a></CENTER>
   
       	<div class="title" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
   
        <TABLE WIDTH="350" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 ALIGN=CENTER class="story-table"><TR><TD>
       		 <?php the_excerpt_reloaded(35, '', '', true, '>> Read more'); ?>
       		 </TD></TR></TABLE>
   
       		 </div>
       		<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
               <!--<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>  -->
   
        			</div>
         <?php endwhile; ?>
   
       <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
         if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>
       <div class="sub-storycontent">
       <?php c2c_get_recent_posts(3, "<LI>%post_URL% (%post_date%)</LI><BR>","4"); ?>
       </div>
   
         <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [GATEKeeper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatekeeper/)
 * (@gatekeeper)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-loop-question-featured-items/#post-550289)
 * Never mind – went another route. Surprised though that there were no responses
   at all…

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