Display old posts if no future posts exist

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I have a loop setup to display future posts but would like to set up an if statement where if there are no future posts, it will show a certain amount of published posts. My current query below:

        <?php
            query_posts('posts_per_page=5&order=ASC&post_status=future');
            if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
        ?>

Any ideas?

You already have an if statement:) just make a second query.
What I would like to know is how to determine there are no future posts and in that case, post some older ones.
Your code is already doing that, that is what if ( have_posts() does.

Michael · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-13 10:37:28Z

up vote 0 down vote accepted

example:

<?php
            query_posts('posts_per_page=5&order=ASC&post_status=future');
            if ( !have_posts() ) 
            query_posts('posts_per_page=5&order=DESC&post_status=publish');
            if( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
?>

edited Dec 13 '12 at 10:37

answered Dec 11 '12 at 10:27

Michael
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Thanks Michael that got me most of the way there. This works:

<?php
	query_posts('posts_per_page=5&order=ASC&post_status=future');
	if ( !have_posts() ) {
	query_posts('posts_per_page=5&order=DESC&post_status=publish');
	}
	if( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
?>

– Mister Cairns Dec 13 '12 at 4:05

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