How to add a “last” class to the last post in loop.php?

Question

I need to add a "last" class to the last post that appears in loop.php.

Can someone tell me how to accomplish this?

Answer 1

assuming you're using post_class():

add_filter('post_class', 'my_post_class');
function my_post_class($classes){
  global $wp_query;
  if(($wp_query->current_post+1) == $wp_query->post_count) $classes[] = 'last';
  return $classes;
}

Answer 2

I am using jQuery addClass() when I style odd/even list items or similar. You could probably use it to achieve what you want too.

Example:

 $("#menu_side > ul > li:last-child").addClass("last");