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Changing the meta_query of the main query based on custom query_vars and using pre_get_posts

I've registered custom rewrite rules and query_vars to use for displaying a list of events based on ISO date format. For example when a user requests the URL, http://site.com/by-date/2013-04-04/, my ...
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Avoiding page loop

I'm doing a custom page that has multiple wp query calls, the thing is that I don't need the main query that is I don't need anything from the page contents, so in order to save load time I was ...
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Custom post types loop on a page template

Hi I'm trying to make a page template that shows a list of a custom post type ordered by a meta key, I easily made it with query_posts but I am trying to do it via pre_get_posts so I made a function ...
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Pre_get_posts Gives 404 on Custom Post Type

I'm trying to filter the query on a sub page called "Ask Question" to list all of the recent questions submitted by users, but I get a 404 when going to the page. Flushing the permalink structure did ...
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Using is_main_query to select custom post type on certain page

I've been trying to implement some of the ideas discussed by Andrew Nacin http://wordpress.tv/2012/06/15/andrew-nacin-wp_query/ into my workflow, specifically trying to move away from using ...
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Recommended way to drop a pending query (in pre_get_posts)?

It looks like an e-commerce plugin's core query will be of no use to me in one particular template so I would like to discard it completely in favor of my own WP_Query loops in the template. It's not ...
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When querying a combination of posts and other meta fields, is there a better solution than directly modifying the WHERE value?

This question is a follow up to a question I recently asked. I've implemented what seemed to be the only solution, and it seems to work (YAY!). I just need to verify that: This is really the only ...
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What is “main query”? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to know which one is the main query? I'm curious to know what is the so called "main query"? What I have is two queries on front page. if (have_posts()) : while ...
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Should I use Pre Get Posts or WP_Query

I have the following query which I call in my taxonomy.php template via query_brands_geo('dealers', 'publish', '1', $taxtype, $geo, $brands); This function works perfectly. However after reading ...
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Custom Order in WP Query

I'm trying to implement my own query ordering, here is what I came up with... $query = new WP_Query('post_type=contentboxes&include=' . $contentboxes . '&order=ASC&orderby=include' ); ...
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Single page theme that uses pages for the content

I'm making a one page site. On the page I want to run WP_Query three or four times to pull in those 3-4 pages. The page looks a bit like this: <div class="row"> <?php $args = array( ...
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Multiple orderby parameters in pre_get_posts() action

Referencing @Otto's response to a question I also had about ordering by multiple fields, here is what he said: Can't do it with a naive WP_Query. Use the posts_orderby filter to add your own ...
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How to apply pre_get_posts to a custom query?

How can I apply pre_get_posts to a custom query? For example, if I have: $custom_query = new WP_Query(...) //code here How can I apply the pre_get_posts for this $custom_query?
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Splitting the main query in multiple loops with query_posts and/or pre_get_posts?

I have a custom post type 'events', to which I have associated a custom taxonomy 'calendar'. The calendar has 12 fixed terms, for each month of the year ( 'august', 'october', 'november, etc.). I'm ...
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How Do I Use WP_Query to Run This Database Query as Search Result?

I have created a search box with a drop down box of 4 options to customize the search: A general default search, no filter A custom search according to the post title for a custom post type only. A ...
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How to target the default Recent Posts and Recent Comments widgets with pre_get_posts?

I added the following to my functions.php: add_action('pre_get_posts', 'keyl_get_emp_posts'); function keyl_get_emp_posts($query) { if ($query->is_main_query()) ...
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Query with pre_get_posts to get pagination

After pretty much getting everything working with query_posts, I noticed my pagination wasn't running. I was told pre_get_posts should be the solution. My problems: I don't know how to pass all my ...
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Using pre_get_posts with WP_Query

I was reading Stephen Harris's excellent answer to this question regarding the use of WP_query(), query_posts() and pre_get_posts. He says "pre_get_posts is a filter, for altering any query. It is ...
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using pre_get_posts for search results not found

function hotlinkers_wp_query($query) { if ( !$query->is_admin && $query->is_search) { $search_query = str_replace('-',' ', $query->query_vars['s']); ...
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When to use WP_query(), query_posts() and pre_get_posts

I read @nacin's You don't know Query yesterday and was sent down a bit of a querying rabbit hole. Before yesterday, I was (wrongly) using query_posts() for all my querying needs. Now I'm a little bit ...
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How-to exclude terms from the main query the most performant way?

This Q is a follow up to this answer on the Q: "How to exclude a specific term for the search?". 4 ways to filter out posts that have a specific term Type | Pro | ...
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“pre_get_posts” firing on every query

How can I change arguments for the main query only, and not affect other queries? add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'custom_post_count'); function custom_post_count($query){ ...
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Archive Listings Filtered by Date Values in a Custom Field/Post Meta?

(Moderator's Note: The original title was "using archive by date with a custom date") I'm adding an additional date to posts as a custom field. Now I want the archive to show posts by the custom date ...