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What's the code of the loop which retrieves the Page title and description?

I checked the code inside page.php of the Starkers theme (I guess is the same as the TwentyTen theme):

<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

     <?php if ( is_front_page() ) { ?>
      <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
     <?php } else { ?> 
      <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
     <?php } ?>    

      <?php the_content(); ?>
      <?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyten' ), 'after' => '' ) ); ?>
      <?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyten' ), '', '' ); ?>

    <?php comments_template( '', true ); ?>

I looks identical to the loop which retrieves the main (blog) posts.

What's the difference?

Which is the part which retrieves the title and content of the current Page?

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As usual - the_title() and the_content(). Posts page and a PAGE page are different in amount and type of content, but mechanics of main Loop and template tags are essentially same.

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  • If they are the same how can I display the main posts loop under the loop of the page?
    – wyc
    Jan 25, 2011 at 9:08
  • @janoChen strictly speaking you can't. You can create secondary Loop (get_posts() or separate WP_Query object) that will mimic that. There is no difference in result, but there is difference in logic and mechanics. Basically main Loop controls what post/page/archive/whatever is. Secondary Loops can be whatever you want (as long as they don't mess with and break main Loop).
    – Rarst
    Jan 25, 2011 at 9:29

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