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This will show a number of recent posts along with their associated featured image (thumbnail) if they have one. The template code asks for the 2 most recent posts with the custom post type of "news." Change the quantity and post type as needed. This also uses a custom excerpt generator, which isn't necessary except that this particular code references it.

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  1. <?php
  2.  
  3. // custom excerpt generator. put into functions.php.
  4. function flexcerpt($excerpt = '', $excerpt_length = 50, $readmore = "Read more&raquo;", $tags = '<a>', $permalink = null) {
  5. 	global $post;
  6. 	$excerpt = strip_tags($excerpt, $tags);
  7. 	$excerpt = strip_shortcodes($excerpt);
  8. 	$string_check = explode(' ', $excerpt);
  9. 	if ($permalink === null) {
  10. 		$permalink = get_permalink();
  11. 	}
  12.  
  13. 	if (count($string_check, COUNT_RECURSIVE) > $excerpt_length) {
  14. 		$new_excerpt_words = explode(' ', $excerpt, $excerpt_length+1);
  15. 		array_pop($new_excerpt_words);
  16. 		$excerpt_text = implode(' ', $new_excerpt_words);
  17. 		$temp_content = strip_tags($excerpt_text, $tags);
  18. 		$excerpt = preg_replace('|\[(.+?)\](.+?\[/\\1\])?|s','',$temp_content);
  19. 		// $excerpt .= ' ... <a href="' . $permalink . '">' . $readmore . '</a>';
  20. 		// return $excerpt;
  21. 	} else {
  22. 		//return $excerpt;
  23. 	}
  24.  
  25. 	$excerpt .= '... <a href="' . $permalink . '">' . $readmore . '</a>';
  26. 	return $excerpt;
  27. }
  28.  
  29. ?>
  30.  
  31.  
  32. <!-- this goes into the template file. it is using a custom post type called "news" and can be changed to whatever is needed. -->
  33. <?php $news = get_posts( array( 'numberposts' => 2, 'post_type' => 'news' ) ); ?>
  34. <?php foreach ( $news as $post ): ?>
  35. 	<?php setup_postdata($post); ?>
  36. 	<div class="home-news-article <?php echo (has_post_thumbnail() ? 'with-thumbnail' : 'no-thumbnail') ?>">
  37. 		<?php if (has_post_thumbnail()): ?>
  38. 			<div class="home-news-thumbnail">
  39. 				<?php the_post_thumbnail( 'news-thumbnail' ); ?>
  40. 			</div><!--.home-news-thumbnail-->
  41. 		<?php endif ?>
  42. 		<div class="home-news-content">
  43. 			<h4><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
  44. 			<?php if (!empty($post->post_excerpt)): ?>
  45. 				<?php echo flexcerpt( $post->post_excerpt ); ?>
  46. 			<?php else: ?>
  47. 				<?php echo flexcerpt( get_the_content() ); ?>
  48. 			<?php endif ?>
  49.  
  50. 		</div><!--.home-news-content-->
  51. 	</div><!--.home-news-article-->
  52. <?php endforeach; ?>

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