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Posted by Tyler Groskreutz
Tyler Groskreutz
14,793 Points

Building a WordPress Theme Error

I'm working on the How to Build a WordPress theme course and I must have a syntax error that I don't see. I am trying to put 3 featured blog posts on my landing page.

```<?php get_header(); ?>

<div class="page-wrap"> <p>This is front-page.php</p> </div>

<?php if (have_posts() ) : while ($the_query->have_posts() ) :$the_query->the_post(); ?>

<section id="featuredBlogPosts"> <div class="page-wrap"> <h3>Business Oriented Blog Posts</h3>

    <?php 
        $args = array(
            'post-type' => 'post',
            'category_name' => 'featured',
            'posts_per_page' => 3
        );

        $the_query = new WP_Query('$args');
    ?>

    <?php if (have_posts() ) : while ($the_query->have_posts() ) :$the_query->the_post(); ?>

    <div class="threecolumn">
        <?php get_template_part('content', 'post'); ?>
    </div>

    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>

</section>

<?php get_footer(); ?>```

2 Answers

Nick Ocampo
Nick Ocampo
15,661 Points
Nick Ocampo
Nick Ocampo
15,661 Points

You're missing a space between the colon and $the_query in your loop statement:

:$the_query->the_post();

Should be 

: $the_query->the_post();
Tyler Groskreutz
Tyler Groskreutz
14,793 Points
Tyler Groskreutz
Tyler Groskreutz
14,793 Points

I found it. I had <?php if (have_posts() ) : while ($the_query->have_posts() ) :$the_query->the_post(); ?> twice on the page.