Question

I have a php function that should print last three posts: title and excerpt.

For the first post printed there is no excerpt.

Here is the code:

  $posts = wp_get_recent_posts( array('numberposts' => 3, 'post_status' => 'publish')  );
  foreach ($posts as $post)
  {
    setup_postdata($post);
    echo "<h2 style='font-size:18px'>".$post['post_title']."</h2>";
    if($post['post_excerpt']) 
         echo $post['post_excerpt']." <a href='".get_permalink($post['ID'])."'     style='font-size: 17px;'><b>Continue...</b></a>";
    else echo 'no excerpt';
    echo "<br><br />";
  }

I want to shoe the excerpt for the first post printed too (the last posted one).
What is wrong in my code? Why it’s not working for the first post printed?

Answer 1

Your loop is strange. Why not just use a regular WP_Query() loop?

<?php

// The Query
$the_query = new WP_Query( 'posts_per_page=3' );

// The Loop
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
    echo '<li>';
    the_title();
    the_excerpt();
    echo '</li>';
endwhile;

// Reset Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();

or if you are MARRIED to yours, do var_dump( $posts ) and see what variable contains the string you’re looking for.