Avoid duplicate custom post type posts in multiple loops in Wordpress
- by christinaaa
I am running two loops with a custom post type of Portfolio (ID of 3). The first loop is for Featured and the second is for the rest. I plan on having more than 3 Featured posts in random order. I would like to have the Featured ones that aren't displaying in the first loop to show up in my second loop. How can I set this up so there are no duplicate posts?
<?php
/*
Template Name: Portfolio
*/
get_header(); ?>
<div class="section-bg">
<div class="portfolio">
<div class="featured-title">
<h1>featured</h1>
</div> <!-- end #featured-title -->
<div class="featured-gallery">
<?php
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'portfolio', 'posts_per_page' => 3, 'cat' => 3, 'orderby' => 'rand' );
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
?>
<div class="featured peek">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<h1>
<?php
$thetitle = $post->post_title;
$getlength = strlen($thetitle);
$thelength = 40;
echo substr($thetitle, 0, $thelength);
if ($getlength > $thelength) echo '...'; ?>
</h1>
<div class="contact-divider"></div>
<p><?php the_tags('',' / '); ?></p>
<?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail', array('class' => 'cover')); ?>
</a>
</div> <!-- end .featured -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div> <!-- end .featured-gallery -->
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div> <!-- end .portfolio -->
</div> <!-- end #section-bg -->
<div class="clearfix"></div>
<div class="section-bg">
<div class="portfolio-gallery">
<?php
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'portfolio', 'orderby' => 'rand');
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
?>
<div class="featured peek">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<h1>
<?php
$thetitle = $post->post_title;
$getlength = strlen($thetitle);
$thelength = 40;
echo substr($thetitle, 0, $thelength);
if ($getlength > $thelength) echo '...'; ?>
</h1>
<div class="contact-divider"></div>
<p><?php the_tags('',' / '); ?></p>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail', array('class' => 'cover')); ?></a>
</a>
</div> <!-- end .featured -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div> <!-- end .portfolio-gallery -->
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div> <!-- end #section-bg -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>
If possible, could the answer outline how to implement it into my existing code? Thank you. :)
