Exclude current post from recent posts query in Jekyll?

Question

So heres a recent posts query with the last 5 posts.

 {% for post in site.posts limit:5 %}
     <li>
    < a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
     </li>
   {% endfor %}

However, this shows the current one too, if its one of the 5 latest posts. I tried to include an if statement which check for the URL, but how can I add +1 to the limit variable?

P.S.: I included a space in the anchor tag so its readable as code

Answer 1

Checking the url should work. Just loop over six items and hide the last one when you do not find a match.

{% for post in site.posts limit:6 %}
  {% if post.url != page.url %} 
    {% if forloop.index < 6 or found %}
      <li>
        <a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
      </li>
    {% endif %}
  {% else %}
    {% assign found = true %} 
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

What the code does (step by step):

• loop over 6 posts
• check if the post is NOT the current page/post
• if you are on loop/iteration 1 to 5 OR you have found the current item*
• then show the post you loop/iterate over

*allowing you to loop/iterate over post number 6