Title: Single Post
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Single Post

 *  [zaaba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zaaba/)
 * (@zaaba)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post/)
 * Does anybody know how to write simple php code in wordpress so that when I enter
   a particular function like <? single_entry(1) ?> for example, only the first 
   entry from catagory 1 will show up? Thanks in advance!

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 *  [Laughinglizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laughinglizard/)
 * (@laughinglizard)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post/#post-25991)
 * My understanding of WordPress leads me to believe that this would be slightly
   difficult in the present form. An entry consists of a bunch of items which include
   the blog title, URL, comment trackback etc. In order to acheive what you want(
   if I understand you correctly, you want to simply print out the first entry of
   a category) you would have to modify the default b2_loop inside of WordPress 
   to generate one entry. I patched together something for you.
    Copy and paste 
   the following code into a php file and call it single_entry.php <?php $blog =
   1; require_once(‘blog.header.php’); require_once($abspath.’wp-links/links.php’);
   require_once($abspath.’wp-links/links.weblogs.com.php’); if ($posts) { $post 
   = $posts[1]; start_b2(); the_date(”,'<h2>’,'</h2>’); ?> <h3 class=”storytitle”
   id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”> ” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link: <?php the_title();?
   >”><?php the_title(); ?> <span class=”meta”>” title=”Category: <?php the_category()?
   >”>[<?php the_category() ?>] — <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?></span
   > </h3> <div class=”storycontent”> <?php the_content(); ?> </div> <div class=”
   feedback”> <?php link_pages(‘Pages: ‘, ‘‘, ‘number’); ?> <?php comments_popup_link(‘
   Comments (0)’, ‘Comments (1)’, ‘Comments (%)’); ?> </div> <?php include($abspath.‘
   b2comments.php’); ?> <?php } ?> Now, put this file in your WordPress folder and
   simply point to it with the right category value. This should spit out the first
   entry for a single category, in a new webpage. Use the php include tags to put
   this inside your blog. Hope this helps, Peace
 *  [codergurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codergurl/)
 * (@codergurl)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post/#post-25996)
 * Just put $posts_per_page = 1; under $blog = 1;
 *  Thread Starter [zaaba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zaaba/)
 * (@zaaba)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post/#post-26005)
 * LaughingLizard: Wow, that code is whack! Thanks for the effort. At the moment
   I’m using quite an archaic way to spit out single-entries. What I do is create
   a “nude” page with nothing else but the WordPress header and the WP Loop. Then
   I do the `$posts_per_page = 1;` and `$cat = 2;` under `$blog = 1;` at the top
   which has worked for me since b2 days. This spits out the latest paged entry 
   from catagory 2.
    I primarily use this for my photoblog where I call the latest
   photo via iframe with the “nude” code above. So far so good, but like I said,
   it’s quite a rudimentary method. See it in action at [http://www.truedeath.com](http://www.truedeath.com)
   What I’d *like*, seeing that my knowledge of PHP is about zero, is a function`
   <?php single_entry("456", "2"); ?>` that spits out _only_ the content of entry
   456 or the latest entry from catagory 2. Perhaps this is pushing the envelope
   a bit far, but I hope readers see where this is going. The problem I see is similar
   to what LaughingLizard pointed out. Since a blog entry is made out of several
   variables within a given single post, there’s nothing to stop others from requesting
   other modified pieces of code that spit out the author, authors email etc. Presumably,
   this will go ad nauseum and that’s not the way to go is it? Perhaps someone can
   come up with a better solution? Right now I’m thinking a dedicated function included
   in the website that manually does mysql queries. Or even the ability to have 
   2 WP loops on one page, each having a seperate set of variables [can’t be done
   can it?] Help!
 *  [Laughinglizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laughinglizard/)
 * (@laughinglizard)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post/#post-26011)
 * Apologetically,I have to bow out of this topic for tonight, I have a test tomorrow…
   anyone else willing to help?
 *  Thread Starter [zaaba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zaaba/)
 * (@zaaba)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post/#post-26252)
 * Maybe what we’re all looking for is a FILTER FUNCTION. Basically a function intergrated
   into WP that allows us to put filters on certain variables and thus the code 
   or entry will be spat out.
    I know for a fact that MT allows static includes 
   so one can have a page with a main blog and mini sections around the page that
   recall specific data from single post (or X post) pages without having the code
   spew out the whole jinbang. At the moment, I’m limited to having #of posts paged
   and catagory filters on any one page at a single time. Recalling data that is
   outside these filtered posts require use of an iframe. Any circumvential methods?
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post/#post-26279)
 * >> Then I do the $posts_per_page = 1; and $cat = 2; under $blog = 1; at the top
   which has worked for me since b2 days. This spits out the latest paged entry 
   from catagory 2. <<
    I would love to see a solution for this problem, too.
 *  [jaykul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaykul/)
 * (@jaykul)
 * [22 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post/#post-26280)
 * I just realized that there is a drawback to the simplicity of the single include()
   statement since all my links use whatever file they are on: the announcement 
   shows up on every page on the site.
    The fix is simple: test for $cat or $p to
   NOT be set to anything before you do the include: <?php if( ” == $cat && ” ==
   $p ){ include(‘[http://www.huddledmasses.org/b2-include/announce.php&#8217](http://www.huddledmasses.org/b2-include/announce.php&#8217););}?
   >
 *  Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * (@matt)
 * [22 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post/#post-26281)
 * Zaaba, you might want to look at the add_filter() function.

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