Question

I am using the following script to output 3 entries onto my WordPress page.

However, for some reason it only outputs the first entry from that list. I moved the numbers around in the array, and it still only outputs 1 <div>.
Despite there definitely being posts with the ID, 1, 4 & 31.

Any ideas how to fix this?

        <?php $thePostIdArray = array("1","4","31"); ?>
        <?php $limit = 3; ?>
        <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
            <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $counter++; ?>
                <?php if ( $counter < $limit + 1 ): ?>
                    <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
                    <?php $post_id = $thePostIdArray[$counter-1]; ?>
                    <?php $queried_post = get_post($post_id); ?>
                    <h2><?php echo $queried_post->post_title; ?></h2>
                    </div>
                <?php endif; ?>
            <?php endwhile; ?>
        <?php endif; ?>

Many thanks for any pointers.

Answer 1

I would do it like this:

<?php 
$thePostIdArray = array(1, 4, 31);
$limit = 3; 
$counter = 0;

foreach( $thePostIdArray as $post_id ){
        $counter++;

        if ( $counter > $limit )
            break;

        $queried_post = get_post($post_id);
        echo '<div class="post" id="post-'.$post_id.'">
                <h2>'.$queried_post->post_title.'</h2>
              </div>';    

} // endforeach
?>