相关代码如下：

query_posts("cat=25&orderby=DESCd&showposts=3&$randomArticlesNum&caller_get_posts=1");

这就是拉动帖子的查询，这就是您想要更改的内容。

您以前的主题生成器也做了一些不应该做的事情--使用query_posts(). 而且both showposts and caller_get_posts have been replaced. 这是非常旧的代码，或者您以前的编程人员没有跟上对内核的更改。让我们清理一下：

$args = array(
  \'cat\' => 25, 
  \'orderby\' => \'DESC\',
  \'ignore_sticky_posts\' => true, // used to be caller_get_posts
  \'posts_per_page\' => 3 // used to be showposts
);
$qry = new WP_Query($args);
if ($qry->have_posts()) {
  while ($qry->have_posts() ) { 
    $width = 40;
    $height = 40;
    $classtext = \'no-border\';
    $titletext = get_the_title();
    $thumbnail = get_thumbnail($width,$height,$classtext,$titletext,$titletext);
    $thumb = $thumbnail["thumb"]; ?>
    <div class="random"><?php 
      $width = 40;
      if($thumb != \'\') { ?>
        <div class="random-image"> "><?php 
          print_thumbnail($thumb, $thumbnail["use_timthumb"], $titletext, $width, $height, $classtext); ?>
        </div><?php 
      } 
      // something is broken here. the start of the following tag is missing
      ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php printf(esc_attr__(\'Permanent Link to %s\',\'EarthlyTouch\'), the_title()) ?>"><?php 
        truncate_title(40);
        truncate_post(50); ?>
    </div>
    <!-- end .random --><?php
  }
}

我交换了query_posts() 对于新的WP_Query 对象，我重新排序以提高可读性，一次快速消除尽可能多的PHP标记垃圾邮件。

我不知道是什么$randomArticlesNum 应该这样做，但查看参数列表query_posts() 我看不出它到底能做什么。

您希望在下一个循环中再次执行相同的操作，但更改cat 论点照原样，两个循环都有cat=25 因此，这也不可能奏效。

你的标签也坏了。请参见代码注释。

另一个技巧是：两个循环的代码看起来是相同的，但您在两个地方维护相同的代码。这是一个令人头痛的问题，而且容易出错。将大部分循环代码移动到另一个文件并通过get_template_part():

$args = array(
  \'cat\' => 25, 
  \'orderby\' => \'DESC\',
  \'ignore_sticky_posts\' => true, // used to be caller_get_posts
  \'posts_per_page\' => 3 // used to be showposts
);
$qry = new WP_Query($args);
if ($qry->have_posts()) {
  while ($qry->have_posts() ) { 
    get_template_part(\'content\',\'blocks\');
  }
}

将加载名为content-blocks.php 从主题根目录——与主题的样式表相同的目录和functions.php.

我看了一下你所做的编辑，你没有完全理解。下面是一些代码和注释：

// $randomArticlesNum does nothing, as noted previously. I am not even sure what it was supposed to do.    
// You can remove it
$randomArticlesNum = (int) get_option(\'earthlytouch_randomposts_num\'); 
$args = array(
  // use one or the other, but not both, of the following and delete the one you don\'t use
  // Your original code use `cat` and the ID
  \'cat\' => 123, // \'cat\' needs to be an ID-- a number-- not a word, 
  \'category_name\' => \'whats\', // for a word, use \'category_name\' and quote the value
  \'orderby\' => \'DESC\',
  \'ignore_sticky_posts\' => true, // used to be caller_get_posts
  \'posts_per_page\' => 3 // used to be showposts
);
$query = new WP_Query($args);
if ($query->have_posts()) {
  while ($query->have_posts() ) { 
    get_template_part(\'content\',\'blocks\');
  }
} // you were missing the PHP closing tag --> ?> 

两个循环中都存在相同的错误。此外，在第二个括号之后，还有一个假结束括号：

<!-- end .home-squares -->

      <?php }; ?>

删除它：

<!-- end .home-squares -->

另外，给自己找一个像样的代码编辑器——比如Textwrangler（在Mac电脑上，我猜你是：）或Notepad++。

我编辑并重新格式化了您的模板：

<?php
get_header(); ?>

<div id="containerHOME">
  <div id="left-div">
  <!--Begin Sidebar-->
    <div id="left-inside"><?php 
      if (get_option(\'earthlytouch_featured\') == \'on\') {
        get_template_part(\'includes/featured\'); 
      } ?>
      <div class="clear">&nbsp;</div>
      <div class="home-squares">
        <div class="home-headings"><?php 
          esc_html_e(\'Whats New?\',\'EarthlyTouch\'); ?>
        </div><?php 
        $args = array(
          \'category_name\' => \'whats\', 
          \'orderby\' => \'DESC\',
          \'ignore_sticky_posts\' => true,
          \'posts_per_page\' => 3 
        );
        $qry = new WP_Query($args);
        if ($qry->have_posts()) {
          while ($qry->have_posts() ) { 
            get_template_part(\'content\',\'blocks\');
          }
        } ?>
        <!-- end .home-squares -->
        <div class="home-squares">
          <div class="home-headings">
            <?php esc_html_e(\'Recipes\',\'EarthlyTouch\'); ?>
          </div>
          <?php 
          $args = array(
            \'category_name\' => \'recipes\', 
            \'orderby\' => \'DESC\',
            \'ignore_sticky_posts\' => true, 
            \'posts_per_page\' => 3 
          );
          $query = new WP_Query($args);
          if ($query->have_posts()) {
            while ($query->have_posts() ) { 
              get_template_part(\'content\',\'blocks\');
            }
          } ?>
          <!-- end .home-squares -->
          <!-- movie -->
          <div class="movie"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tojlpK9zFPs"> <img src="images/video-front.jpg" width="530" height="299" alt="video" class="popmake-2673" /></a> </div>
        </div>
        <!-- end movie --> 
        <!-- end #left-inside --> 

        <!--Begin Sidebar--><?php 
        get_sidebar(); ?>
        <!--End Sidebar-->
        <div id="sup-hold">
          <div id="supplementary" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"><?php 
            if (!function_exists(\'dynamic_sidebar\') || !dynamic_sidebar(\'Header Widget Area\')) : endif; ?>
          </div>
          <div id="mc-mobilecause-widget"> <a href="//www.mobilecause.com/feature/subscription-widget" id="powered-by-mobilecause">Mobile messaging powered by Mobilecause</a><script>!function(d,s){var s=d.createElement("script"),h=(document.head||d.getElementsByTagName(\'head\')[0]);s.src="https://app.mobilecause.com/public/messaging_widgets/opvd3d/source";h.appendChild(s);}(document);</script> 
          </div>
          <div id="footer"> Copyright &copy; <?php echo date("Y"); ?> JustOneTree.org All Rights Reserved | <a href="/contact">Contact Us</a> | <a href="/terms">Policies and Terms of Use</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://www.boplinger.com">webmaster: boplinger.com</a></div>
          <!-- end #footer --> 
      </div>
    <!-- end #footer --> <?php 
      get_template_part(\'includes/scripts\'); 
      wp_footer(); ?>
  </div> 
  <!-- end #sup-hold --> 
</div>
<!-- end #container -->

我不会出错，但如果不建立完整的并行环境，很难测试这样的东西。我注意到您的模板没有使用get_footer(). 为什么不呢？