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Using blog_recent_topic_posts() to Exclude Current Post in Returned Results

CFrench — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 17:52:43 GMT

Hi,

I created a recent posts module for the bottom of my blog to pull in the three most recent posts from the same topic as the present post. I like the way it's working, but... the first post is the current post.

So is there a way to add in an offset to take posts #2, #3 and #4 and/or exlcude the current post?

Here's the gist of the module:

{% set number_of_posts = 3 %} {% set posts = blog_recent_topic_posts("default", content.topic_list[0].slug, 3) %} {% if module.specific_tag_topic %} {% set posts = blog_recent_topic_posts(module.choose_blog, module.tag, number_of_posts) %} {% endif %} <section class="blog-feed"> <div> <h2> Related Reading </h2> </div> <div class="blog-posts"> {% for post in posts %} <div class="blog-post"> <div class="ni-post blog-post-inner"> <div class="blog-post-image" style="background-image: url({{ resize_image_url( post.featured_image,0,350 ) }});"></div> <div class="blog-post-content-wrapper"> <a class="blog-post-title" href="{{ post.absolute_url }}"><h3>{{ post.name }}</h3></a> <a class="blog-post-read-more" href="{{ post.absolute_url }}">Read More →</a> </div> </div> </div> {% endfor %} </div> </section>

Re: Using blog_recent_topic_posts() to Exclude Current Post in Returned Results

Teun — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 08:00:17 GMT

If you fetch 4 posts instead of 3, you can use an if statement to filter out the current post using the name of the post.

{% if post.name != content.name %}

Re: Using blog_recent_topic_posts() to Exclude Current Post in Returned Results

erod — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 07:02:24 GMT

Similar to what @Teun said but instead of doing content.name you do a range. Below should work.

{% set number_of_posts = 3 %} {% set posts = blog_recent_topic_posts("default", content.topic_list[0].slug, 4) %} {% if module.specific_tag_topic %} {% set posts = blog_recent_topic_posts(module.choose_blog, module.tag, number_of_posts) %} {% endif %} <section class="blog-feed"> <div> <h2> Related Reading </h2><br> </div> <div class="blog-posts"> {% for post in posts %} {% if loop.index in range(2,99) %} <div class="blog-post"> <div class="ni-post blog-post-inner"> <div class="blog-post-image" style="background-image: url({{ resize_image_url( post.featured_image,0,350 ) }});"></div> <div class="blog-post-content-wrapper"> <a class="blog-post-title" href="{{ post.absolute_url }}"><h3>{{ post.name }}</h3></a> <a class="blog-post-read-more" href="{{ post.absolute_url }}">Read More →</a> </div> </div> </div> {% endif %} {% endfor %} </div> </section>