title: Adding an offset to a category loop in WordPress
body: <p>In category.php of a WordPress theme, you have the following loop:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); 
  // output posts
  endwhile; endif;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do you go abouts outputting this exact same loop but with an offset? I found that you can change the loop by doing a </p>
  
  <pre><code>query_posts('offset=4');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this resets the entire loop and the offset works but shows all the posts from every category, so I get the impression the query_posts completely resets the loop and does it with only the filter you add. Is there a way to tell the loop:</p>
  
  <p>"do exactly what you're doing, except the offset make it 4"</p>
  
  <p>Is this possible?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>