Is there any particular reason not to use the front-page.php template file, and just not bother with trying to pull WordPress headers into external files?
Using the front-page.php template file is easy:
- Create a new static Page, with any arbitrary name (let’s call it “Front Page”)
- Go to
Dashboard -> Settings -> Readingand set “Front Page Displays” to “Static Page” - Set the “Front Page” dropdown to the “Front Page” static Page you created in step 1.
- Create a new template file for your theme, called
front-page.php, and include in it your custom Loop code, above.
Also, you should properly filter the main Loop query as output on front-page.php, rather than using the && $count <= 6 conditional in your call to the Loop.
I would recommend using a simple call to get_posts(), and set the numberposts argument to 6.
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