Show only your latest post on your WordPress site's home page.
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<?php | |
/* | |
Plugin Name: One Post Home | |
Description: Show only your latest post on the home page | |
Author: Christopher Davis | |
Author URI: http://www.christopherguitar.me | |
License: GPL2 | |
*/ | |
add_filter( 'parse_query', 'wpse41420_one_post' ); | |
/** | |
* Modifies the $wp_query object when in parses the query variables | |
* this avoids having to use query_posts and modifies things before they | |
* get sent to the DB. | |
* | |
* @uses is_main_query to make sure we screw up any other wp_query objects | |
* @uses is_home to see if this is the main blog page | |
*/ | |
function wpse41420_one_post( $query ) | |
{ | |
// make sure we're modifying the main query on the home page | |
if( ! $query->is_main_query() || ! is_home() ) return; | |
// Set up one post per page | |
$query->query_vars['posts_per_page'] = 1; | |
// ignore stick posts | |
$query->query_vars['ignore_sticky_posts'] = 1; | |
} |
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