Exclude current custom post on single post

Question

I'm trying to exclude the current custom post that is viewed from a list. I've tried with exclude but it still displays it.

Here is the code I have on single-works.php:

<?php
$currentID = get_the_ID();
$recent = new WP_Query( 'post_type=works&exclude=' . $currentID . '&showposts=5' );
while ($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();
?>

  <li><?php the_title(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

Any idea what I'm doing wrong and how can I make it work?

Answer 1

Refer to the WP_Query Codex page for a full list and explanation of parameters. The one you want in this case is post__not_in.

$recent = new WP_Query(
    array(
        'post_type' => 'works'
        'posts_per_page' => 5,
        'post__not_in' => array( $currentID )
    )
);