Title: Struggling with third loop.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Struggling with third loop.

 *  Resolved [codeandcolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeandcolour/)
 * (@codeandcolour)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/struggling-with-third-loop/)
 * Hi All,
 * I am creating a static homepage for my project that will require 3x loops:
 * 1) Display the latest 4 posts from news category.
    2) Display the latest 4 post
   from shows category. 3) Image slider at the start of the page displaying 3 latest
   three posts from slider category.
 * I have loops 1 & 2 working in the code below, but am unable to get my third loop
   working before them. My slider posts are simple a title and a custom field “slider-
   image” that contains the full image url.
 *     ```
       <!-- Begin Content -->
       		<div id="content">
       			<div class="wrap">
       				<div class="round-top"></div>
       				<div id="main-content">
       					<div id="news-col" class="left">
   
       						<h2>Latest Rally News</h2>
   
       						<?php if(is_home()) {query_posts('cat=1&showposts=4'); } ?>
   
       						<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post (); ?>
   
       						<div class="date left">
       							<p class="month"><?php the_time(M); ?></p>
       							<p class="day"><?php the_time(d); ?></p>
       						</div>
       						<h3>
       							<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
       						</h3>
       						<p><?php the_excerpt_rss(); ?></p>
       						<div class="clearboth"></div>
   
       						<?php endwhile;?>
   
       					</div>
   
       					<div id="shows-col" class="right">
   
       						<h2>Previous Shows</h2>
   
       						<?php query_posts('cat=3&showposts=4'); ?>
   
       						<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post (); ?>
   
       						<h3>
       							<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
       						</h3>
       						<?php the_content(); ?>
   
       						<?php endwhile;?>
   
       					</div>
   
       					<div class="clearboth"></div>
   
       				</div>
   
       				<div class="round-bottom"></div>	
   
       			</div>
   
       		</div>
       		<!-- End Content -->
       ```
   
 * My latest attempt is:
 *     ```
       <div id="s3slider">
          							<ul id="s3sliderContent">
   
          								<?php query_posts('cat=4'); ?>
   
       								<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post (); ?>
   
             							<li class="s3sliderImage">
                 							<img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, “slider-image”, $single = true); ?>" alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>” />
                 							<span><?php the_excerpt(); ?></span>
             							</li>
   
             							<?php endwhile; ?>
   
             							<div class="clear s3sliderImage"></div>
   
          							</ul>
       						</div>
       ```
   
 * This is not working as no image shows up. I have tried another option using $
   my_query = new WP_query but that did not work either.
 * Can you help me close this gap in my knowledge?

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 *  [kz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kz/)
 * (@kz)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/struggling-with-third-loop/#post-1381572)
 * Change this:
    `get_post_meta($post->ID, “slider-image”, $single = true)` To this:`
   get_post_meta(get_the_id(), “slider-image”, true)`
 *  Thread Starter [codeandcolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeandcolour/)
 * (@codeandcolour)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/struggling-with-third-loop/#post-1381624)
 * Thanks for the reply kz, however this has not fixed that loop. The link to my
   development page is [here](http://www.codeandcolour.com/development/totalrally_v2/)
 * What is currently happening is that this loop has now broken the two I had working
   previously and now where my news items used to show up in my left column the 
   slider posts now show up to.
 * What is the best way of running three loops to get different different results
   in each?
 *  Thread Starter [codeandcolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeandcolour/)
 * (@codeandcolour)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/struggling-with-third-loop/#post-1381701)
 * I am still seeking support on this issue, any guidance on how I can run these
   three loops on the one page is much appreciated.
 * Thanks
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/struggling-with-third-loop/#post-1381702)
 * where ever you copied it from, you got some ‘wonky’ quotes in this bit of code:
   `
   <img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, “slider-image”, $single = true);?
   >" alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>” />`
 * for instance here: `“slider-image”`
    and here: `alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>”`
 * try and replace all the ‘wonky’ quotes with straight double quotes “
 * otherwise i can’t see anything wrong with it.
 *  Thread Starter [codeandcolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeandcolour/)
 * (@codeandcolour)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/struggling-with-third-loop/#post-1381710)
 * Ahh thats awesome thanks for pointing that out. I’m still getting used to the
   coding conventions of WordPress/PHP.
 * The only Issue I am now left with is that this first loop seems to override my
   news loop in the content section below. Is there a way to stop this happening
   my making each loop more unique? Would it be worth having a second go at using
   WP_query for my first loop?
 * Thanks alchymyth
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/struggling-with-third-loop/#post-1381721)
 * try and use wp_reset_query(); between the loops.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Usage](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Usage)
 *  Thread Starter [codeandcolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeandcolour/)
 * (@codeandcolour)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/struggling-with-third-loop/#post-1381728)
 * Thanks alchymyth your a legend! I hadn’t come across wp_reset_query before now
   and it was exactly what I was after. My homepage now works exactly how I want
   it to. I was thinking more along the lines of rewind_posts myself but doubted
   that it would have worked.
 * Problem resolved.

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