Sometimes you might want to display only your popular posts from your “Featured” category, or your “books” category. Use this snippet to achieve it.
<?php $args=array( 'cat' => 3, 'orderby' => 'comment_count', 'order' => 'DESC', 'post_type' => 'post', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'posts_per_page' => 6, 'caller_get_posts'=> 1 ); $my_query = null; $my_query = new WP_Query($args); if( $my_query->have_posts() ) { ?> <ul> <?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?> <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li> <?php endwhile; ?> </ul> <?php } wp_reset_query(); ?>
Remember to change this line to the category you want:
'cat' => 3,
And set this line to how many posts you want to display:
'posts_per_page' => 6,