To display a specific post by post ID, add the following code to your WordPress template file.
<?php //Select specific post ID $post_id=256; //To display post title echo '<h1>' . get_post($post_id)->post_title . '</h1>'; //To display post content echo get_post($post_id)->post_content; ?>
Tested with WordPress 3.3
You can place the following code in one of your theme’s template files to list a particular amount of posts from one of your site’s catagories.
<h2>Last 5 Tutorials</h2>
<?php query_posts('category_name=tutorials&showposts=5'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
Tested with WordPress 3.3