home.php

<?php
/**
 * Updates Page.
 *
 * @package BrubakerDesignServices\FaithForRevivalTheme
 * @since   1.0.0
 * @author  Dan Brubaker
 * @link    https://brubakerservices.org/
 * @license GPL-2.0+
 */

namespace BrubakerDesignServices\FaithForRevivalTheme;

// Replace the blog loop with custom loop.
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', __NAMESPACE__ . '\do_custom_loop' );

genesis();

/**
 * Build custom blog loop that excludes the post from the latest post section.
 *
 * @return void
 */
function do_custom_loop() {

	if ( ! is_paged() ) {
		add_latest_post();
	}

	// Run a query to get the ID of the latest post so it can be removed from the main query.
	$exclude_post = new \WP_Query( 'posts_per_page=1' );

	if ( $exclude_post->have_posts() ) {

		while ( $exclude_post->have_posts() ) {
			$exclude_post->the_post();
			$exclude_post_id = get_the_id();
		}
		wp_reset_postdata();
	}

	global $paged;

	$args = array(
		'post_not_in'   => array( $exclude_post_id ),
		'post_per_page' => 6,
		'paged'         => $paged,
	);

  genesis_custom_loop( $args );
  
}

/**
 * Output the latest post section.
 *
 * @return void
 */
function add_latest_post() {

	$args = array(
		'posts_per_page' => 1,
		'no_found_rows'  => true,
	);

	$latest_post = new \WP_Query( $args );

	echo 'THIS WORKS FINE.';

	if ( $latest_post->have_rows() ) {

		while ( $latest_post->have_rows() ) {
			$latest_post->the_post();

			echo 'THIS IS NOT WORKING!';

		}
		wp_reset_postdata();
	}
}