How to List Recent Posts From a Single Category

Are you looking for a way to display the five most recent posts from a single category? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to list recent five posts from a single category in WordPress.

Be sure to change the category name CATNAME to the category you wish to display in the below snippet.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s index.php file:

<?php query_posts('category_name=CATNAME&showposts=5'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
        <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

If you liked this code snippet, please consider checking out our other articles on the site like: 20 best WordPress church themes and how to set up author tracking in WordPress with Google Analytics.