[wp-hackers] Embed WP Post in Page outside WP. Tried, but getting error.

[One Eyed View]

Jacob,

Thank you sso much, this worked perfectly! I hope this helps others in the
future!



jacobsantos at branson.com wrote:
> 
> <?php
> require dirname(__FILE__).'/../blog/wp-config.php';
> require('pathtoyourwordpressinstall/wp-blog-header.php');
> ?>
> 
> Wp-config.php includes wp-settings.php which includes all required files.
> 
> Jacob Santos
> 
> One Eyed View wrote:
>> Hi everyone, this is my first post here (just found this list). I have a
>> question about embedding a WP post in my .php page outside of my WP
>> installation. I'm trying to include just the latest post on the main page
>> of
>> my site. Seems relatively easy right?
>>
>> I found this thread on the WP forums
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/83086. Here what it says...
>>
>> Any page that is outside the WP installation can still have WP stuff on
>> it.
>> Just add this to the top of the page:
>>
>> <?php require('pathtoyourwordpressinstall/wp-blog-header.php'); ?>
>>
>> So, if you put that little bit of code at the top of the page, this
>> should
>> work to display the most recent post:
>> <?php
>> $posts = get_posts('numberposts=1');
>> foreach($posts as $post) :
>> setup_postdata($post);
>> ?>
>> "<?php the_permalink(); ? " id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php
>> the_title();
>> ?> 
>> <?php the_content(); ?>
>> <?php endforeach; ?>
>>
>> So, I tried this and I am getting an error: Fatal error: Call to
>> undefined
>> function: get_posts() in
>> /home/content/a/a/a/myusername/html/newsite/index.php on line 78
>>
>> The file I am including, wp-blog-header.php seems to includes this line:
>> require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-includes/functions.php');
>>
>> I've looked inside the functions.php page and searched for get_posts(),
>> but
>> did not see a reference to it.
>>
>> My main page is here: http://mysite.com/newsite/index.php
>> My blog is here: http://mysite.com/blog/
>> I am using the latest version of WP (Version 2.2.2)
>>
>> Would anyone here be able to clue me in as to what's going wrong here, or
>> maybe point me in the right direction of where to look? I would be very
>> appreciative.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>> Adam
>>   
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