Exclude a current blog post from latest blog posts section

Technical Q&A
1

Hi, I’m looking for help regarding the issue I’m having with showing three recent blog posts below the article. I would like to remove the current article and skip to the next one.

Here’s the example - this is one of our latest blog posts:

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And you can see that this same post is showing in the bottom of its own article under ‘Latest from our Blog’

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We are using the Wokiee theme and the site in question is www.giftay.eu. How can we exclude the CURRENT POST from this section? Here is the liquid code for this section:

{%- assign item = section.settings -%}
{%- assign blog = blogs[item.blog] -%}
{%- assign grid = item.items | plus: 0 -%}

{%- capture image_size -%}600x{%- endcapture -%}

<div class="{% if item.top_offset == 'none' %}nomargin {% elsif item.top_offset == 'small' %}tt-offset-small {% endif %}container-indent {{ item.custom_classes }}">
  <div class="container{% if item.fullwidth %}-fluid{% endif %}">
    {%- if item.show_title -%}
    <div class="tt-block-title{% if item.title_to_left %} text-left{% endif %}{% if item.boxed_title and item.fullwidth %} container{% endif %}">
      <h2 class="tt-title" style="text-align: center;">
        {%- if item.use_title_as_link -%}<a href="{{ blog.url }}" class="title-hover-underline" title="{{ item.button_text }}">{{ item.text1 }}</a>
        {%- else -%}{{ item.text1 }}
        {%- endif -%}
      </h2>
      {% unless item.text2 == '' %}<div class="tt-description">{{ item.text2 }}</div>{% endunless %}
      {% unless item.default_carousel %}{% unless item.text3 == '' %}<p>{{ item.text3 }}</p>{% endunless %}{% endunless %}
    </div>{% endif %}
    <div class="tt-blog-thumb-list">
      <div class="row">
        {%- unless blog.empty? -%}
        
        {%- for article in blog.articles limit: item.limit -%}
        <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-{{ grid }}">
          <div class="tt-blog-thumb respimgsize">
            {%- if article.image != blank -%}
            <div class="tt-img">
              <a href="{{ article.url }}">
                <img class="lazyload"
                     loading="lazy"
                     width="600"
                     height="314"
                     data-mainimage="{{ article.image | product_img_url: '100x100' | replace: '100x100', 'respimgsize' }}"
                     alt="{{ article.image.alt | escape }}"/>
              </a>
            </div>
            {%- endif -%}
            
            <div class="tt-title-description">
              <div class="tt-background"></div>
              {%- if article.tags.size > 0 and item.show_tags -%}<div class="tt-tag text-uppercase">
                {%- for tag in article.tags -%}
              		{%- assign a_url = tag | handle -%}{%- assign a_url = blog.url | append: '/tagged/' | append: a_url  -%}
              		{{ tag | link_to: a_url }}
              	{%- endfor -%}
              </div>{% endif %}
              <div class="tt-title{% if settings.block_titles_uppercase %} text-uppercase{% endif %}">
                <a href="{{ article.url }}">{{ article.title }}</a>
              </div>
              {%- if item.show_description -%}
              <p>{% if article.excerpt.size > 0 %}
                {%- if section.settings.truncate_excerpt -%}{{ article.excerpt | strip_html | truncatewords: section.settings.truncate, section.settings.truncate_last_symbols }}
                {%- else -%}{{ article.excerpt }}
                {%- endif -%}
                {%- else -%}{{ article.content | strip_html | truncatewords: section.settings.truncate, section.settings.truncate_last_symbols }}{%- endif -%}
              </p>
              {%- endif -%}
              <div class="tt-meta">
                {%- if section.settings.blog_show_author or section.settings.blog_show_date -%}
                <div class="tt-autor">
                  {% if item.blog_show_author %}{{ "blogs.general.author_by_html" | t: author: article.author }}{% endif %}
                  {% if item.blog_show_date %} {{ "blogs.general.on" | t }} {{ article.published_at | time_tag: format: 'date' }}{% endif %}
                </div>
                {%- endif -%}
                {%- if item.show_comment -%}
                {%- if article.comments.size > 0 -%}{%- assign comment_url = article.url | append: '#comments' -%}{%- else -%}{%- assign comment_url = article.url | append: '#addcomment' -%}{%- endif -%}
                <div class="tt-comments">
                  <a href="{{ comment_url }}"><i class="tt-icon icon-f-88"></i>{{ article.comments.size }}</a>
                </div>
                {%- endif -%}
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
        {%- endfor -%}
        
        {%- else -%}
        <span style="display: flex; justify-content: center;">This section doesn’t currently include any content. Add content to this section using the sidebar.</span>
        {%- endunless -%}
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Thanks in advance for any help!

2

Hello @Giftay ,

{% assign postLimit = 0 %}
{%- for article in blog.articles limit: item.limit -%}
  {%- if article.url != blog.url and postLimit < item.limit -%}
    YOUR STUFF
    {% assign postLimit = postLimit | plus: 1 %}
  {%- endif -%}
{%- endfor -%}

You can add this condition may be it’s helpful

3

Hi @iffikhan30 , thanks so much for helping out. Where should I put that code?

Should it go right below this line?

        {%- for article in blog.articles limit: item.limit -%}
4

Hey @iffikhan30 , I get this error when I try the code:

Liquid error (sections/index-section-blog line 25): comparison of Integer with String failedLiquid error (sections/index-section-blog line 25): comparison of Integer with String failedLiquid error (sections/index-section-blog line 25): comparison of Integer with String failed

And this is the line 25 from the code:

{%- if article.url != blog.url and postLimit < item.limit -%}

5

you assgin postlimit?

{%- for article in blog.articles limit: item.limit -%}

You already add this code for your article loop you add this If condition and then close

{%- if article.url != blog.url and postLimit < item.limit -%}
    YOUR STUFF
    {% assign postLimit = postLimit | plus: 1 %}
  {%- endif -%}
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Yes @iffikhan30 , I did it this way:

{%- if article.url != blog.url and postLimit < item.limit -%}     
 {%- for article in blog.articles limit: item.limit -%}
        
          

            {%- if article.image != blank -%}
            

              
                
              
            

            {%- endif -%}
            
            
              

              {%- if article.tags.size > 0 and item.show_tags -%}
                {%- for tag in article.tags -%}
              		{%- assign a_url = tag | handle -%}{%- assign a_url = blog.url | append: '/tagged/' | append: a_url  -%}
              		{{ tag | link_to: a_url }}
              	{%- endfor -%}
              
{% endif %}
              
                {{ article.title }}
              

              {%- if item.show_description -%}
              

{% if article.excerpt.size > 0 %}
                {%- if section.settings.truncate_excerpt -%}{{ article.excerpt | strip_html | truncatewords: section.settings.truncate, section.settings.truncate_last_symbols }}
                {%- else -%}{{ article.excerpt }}
                {%- endif -%}
                {%- else -%}{{ article.content | strip_html | truncatewords: section.settings.truncate, section.settings.truncate_last_symbols }}{%- endif -%}
              

              {%- endif -%}
              
                {%- if section.settings.blog_show_author or section.settings.blog_show_date -%}
                

                  {% if item.blog_show_author %}{{ "blogs.general.author_by_html" | t: author: article.author }}{% endif %}
                  {% if item.blog_show_date %} {{ "blogs.general.on" | t }} {{ article.published_at | time_tag: format: 'date' }}{% endif %}
                

                {%- endif -%}
                {%- if item.show_comment -%}
                {%- if article.comments.size > 0 -%}{%- assign comment_url = article.url | append: '#comments' -%}{%- else -%}{%- assign comment_url = article.url | append: '#addcomment' -%}{%- endif -%}
                
                  {{ article.comments.size }}
                

                {%- endif -%}
              

            

          

        

     {% assign postLimit = postLimit | plus: 1 %}
   {%- endif -%}
 {%- endfor -%}

I’m not sure if I added the code properly, so if you could check it out… Thank you!

7

If condition Inside the for loop

8

Sorry @iffikhan30 , I did it the right way now, but it shows empty space now:

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9

Let’s check your mail box.

10

Did you get this to work? Can you share the code?

11

Hello @Paulodezine

Try this

{% assign postLimit = 0 %}
{%- for article in blog.articles limit: item.limit -%}
  {%- if article.url != blog.url and postLimit < item.limit -%}
    YOUR STUFF
    {% assign postLimit = postLimit | plus: 1 %}
  {%- endif -%}
{%- endfor -%}
12

hi there, it doesnt work, the whole section is empty when I add this code.

13

Hello,

When i write your stuff you just call the title, then check