"wp-query" ambiguously refers to one of two things. 1) WP_Query is a class native to Wordpress which allows users to query the posts database using a number of criteria. 2) $wp_query is the default object that holds the main query object on each WordPress page.
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Get count of custom post type created by current user
I'm trying to get the count of published posts in a custom post type for the current user (to display on a profile page).
I found this here on the forums:
<?php
global $wp_query;
$curauth = ...
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What is wrong with this wp_query?
I need to query posts by two meta fields and the wo_query I'm doing it with is returning nothing. Obviously, it's broken. Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
$args = array(
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Query for posts in 2 taxonomies
I am currently using the following code to display a list with links to posts in a specific CPT and taxonomy:
<?php
$custom_terms = get_terms('videoscategory');
foreach(array($custom_terms as ...
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Randomly pick one testimonial post
I want to show one randomly picked testimonial on a page.
Each testimonial is a post with a category of 'quote'.
Each post has a custom field named 'who' with a name.
I'm trying to use this code.
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previous_posts_link works, but next_posts_link doesn't
I have a template with a custom wp_query. I need to add navigation links to the query. No matter what page I'm on, I can't get the next_posts_link to appear. The previous_posts_link works just ...
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Querying post from a multisite network
I am working on a multisite blog network where I have to display recent post on my home page, 10 post per page navigation.
I did implement it using wpdb object with one complex sql statement.
I got ...
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WP_query exclude a category unless it has more then one catagory
I have this category exclude_cat with id 39 I want to exclude it from the home. So I use for WP_Query args like this:
$args = array (
'category__not_in' => array( 39 ), //exclude ID
);
Works. ...
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How to display page content in a page template?
In my WordPress site, I made a custom page template, which contained a custom query [using WP_Query()]. With that query, I can perfectly get the posts of a certain category. But I want to show the ...
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How to output topics and replies in bbpress as table?
I need to output the bbpress topic and reply loop in a table format. I'm having trouble finding how one might do this Are there any suggestions on how one might do this? Can this be done using ...
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WP_Query with ajax handler returns the same posts
I have a problem that is getting me bald atm. I have a ajax call that handles a loop that handles some querys and returns posts for me.
So far so good, but the first time the user sees the page we ...
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wp_dropdown_pages with tax_query clause
I'm display a dropdown list of custom post types in wordpress. This first block of code uses WP_Query
$houseQuery = new WP_Query(
array(
'post_type' => 'house',
'order' ...
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Meta_query compare operator explanation
I noticed that there are bunch of operator can be use for compare in meta_query.
However, I am not quite sure what operator I should use, it is somehow confusing like = and LIKE operator.
I would ...
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How to get first post in a category of a custom taxonomy
I'm attempting to make a list of categories bound to a custom taxonomy, but using the featured image of the first post in each category.
Getting the categories was simple enough, but when I try to ...
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is_front_page conditional problem [closed]
Either of these two conditions work by themselves, but when I put them in this if/else statement, I always receive an error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in ...
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Loop to fetch 3 post_thumbnail instances from 3 most recent custom post types named “portfolio”
I am trying to display 3 post_thumbnails from a custom post type "portfolio" on my homepage template. So one from post 'A' , one from post 'B' and one from post 'C' The image from post A will be set ...
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Show only oldest post by author
I am working with a heavily customized install of WP. I've set up a specific post type, taxonomy, and roles that gets to use just that post type.
Ideally, I'd like to restrict members of that role ...
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Query for first 3 posts to change the look and feel
Is there a way to query for the first three recent posts and then change how they display on the front page?
I want the first three posts of my blog to show differently than the rest of them i.e. ...
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WP_Query ordered by custom field that is a date string?
Each of my posts have a single custom field that is a string of a date (not the date of the post). Instead of my theme's current query, which orders by published date, I want to order by this custom ...
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WP_query multiple custom fields not working
I am currently using WP 3.1 and trying to get WP_QUERY to work with the custom fields. My argument is as follows:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'meta_query' => array(
'relation' ...
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Better wordpress attachment query then this
I have a site with more then 10.000 posts and images, its classipress site. I need somehow to show all images from posts that are on pending status, and who havent expired(post meta). This is the code ...
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Cache issue with WP_Query and custom field filtering
I have three separate WP_Queries on a page. Each of them return custom post type items that have a certain checkbox checked and then display one of those randomly. The checkbox has been added using ...
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wp_query orderby value not from meta_value
I'm using the myreviewplugin to add ratings to posts. I'm now working on the posts loop and customising the query using wp_query.
Everything is working fine, but I need to expand the orderby ...
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Multiple Wp-Query Loops inside index.php
The site url is: http://aachurch.org/reborn
I'm trying to achieve multiple wp-query loops inside my index.php, showing different categories of posts. The first loop works but nothing shows up for the ...
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Advanced Search Wordpress
I am trying to create an Advanced Search in Wordpress. The advanced search form is made of 3 dependent dropdown boxes (category: type, sub-category: brand, sub-sub-category: model).
It also has 5 ...
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How do I Use Multiple Loops with WP_Query?
Hi I am trying to add post from a certain taxonomy term to a cpt loop. The code below is the code I am using.
<?php // Create empty array to store post ids in
$excludes = array();
...
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Custom loop won't work, can't find problem
I can't figure out why this custom loop isn't displaying for me:. I've tried removing the if statement and removing certain query parameters but it just won't display. If I delete the loop entirely ...
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Select from wp_post and multiple meta_value from wp_postmeta
My lack of SQL skills has stopped me in my tracks here.
I'm trying to select post_id, post_title and two postmeta values - the first has the meta_key of 'search_country' and the second a meta_key of ...
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How to set posts per page using WP_Query()
I'm trying to set the number of posts_per_page dynamically using my own variable. This code works fine:
query_posts( $query_string . "&posts_per_page=" . $myvar )
// then display the loop using ...
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Scheduled Post Meta Update in Wordpress
I have a system that sums up values from various sources and pass those to post_meta in order to query posts in accordance with the order of meta_value_num.
I was successful at passing those value to ...
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custom Wp_Query / permalink + wp_pagenavi = not working
Testing it in my WAMP environment (with default permalinks), next/previous/page number(s) (links) pulls up the appropriate information - pushing it to live with a custom permalink structure results in ...
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Posts of specific category on page and excluded from index.htm
hope things are going well.
I'm trying to create a member's only section specific for posts of about job opportunities. My goal is to have posts of this category displayed on this page and excluded ...
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No results for my WP_Query array
I have to get related posts via keywords/tags, and I found a ton of examples elsewhere on how to do it, but the query doesn't seem to produce any results. Can anyone point out how to do this, and is ...
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Duplicate posts showing up in loop using infinite scroll
I'm experiencing an odd issue using Infinite Scroll for the WP_Query loop on my homepage. Half the time when the second page fires, I'm getting a few duplicate posts showing up in the second set. I ...
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wp_query select if have comments
I previously asked and accepted a similar question here:
wp_query and comment_parent - select only posts with top level comments
So I'm trying to use wp_query to select only posts that have comments. ...
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Some filter adding custom post types to my WP_Query
I have a strange problem. I am using WP_Query inside a shortcode callback. Say I have 10 custom post types and I want to show the most recent post from 4 of them. I specify them as
'post_type' => ...
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forming WP_Query for posts of all post types but from specific categories
I need to get post from blog, custom post type 1, custom post type 2. custom post type 3 and either from category 1 or category 2 or category 3 or category 4 or category 5 or category 6 or category 7 ...
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When tax_query used, results disappear (0 =1 produced)
I'm trying to perform a dynamic query that uses a dynamically passed taxonomy and post_type, and displays results accordingly —
A user makes a selection from 3 drop-downs on a form, each have a ...
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WP_Query not looking at child category
Hi all I have a loop that shows a post on a single page and puts the first category name in the variable $cat:
$cat = $category[0]->cat_name;?>
Now after the post I have a link to show ...
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How to extract images of post and pages excluding header and logo image in wordpress?
I have tried this code to get all images from media library and i am sucessfully getting the source urls of all the images but now i want to exclude all the unwanted images like logo, header images ...
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Widgets: Show Recent Posts Only if the Posts Have Both Categories X and Y
I've been trying to create a Recent Post widget where it only show/display posts that have both categories X and Y (or more). The categories X and Y is user-defined, so I'm planning to make it look ...
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Custom post_type search's $wp_query->query_vars do not correspond
I have been having this issue, with integrating events manager among my other post types, where the other custom post types show up in the $wp_query->query_vars array, except for the event manager ...
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How to count post type that has a particular term?
What is the best method to count the number of posts in a post type that have a particular term? I don't believe get_posts accepts a term query and I have had no luck with new WP_Query, though I might ...
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How to filter a dd/mm/yyyy date from a custom field in a query
I'm trying to build a query in order to sort some posts by a date custom field, where the dates are formatted dd/mm/yyyy.
It works by querying the database directly with get_results like in this ...
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Custom post-type's pagination not working in category.php
I have this code to the file category.php :
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content">
<div id="all">
<div id="todo">
<?php
$my_query = null;
$paged = ...
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WordPress forcing menu_order in custom post type sort
For some reason, my custom post types are not ordering any more. I don't know if it's 3.5.1 issue or something else, but it was working fine and nothing changed. But suddenly, they have stopped ...
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Meta Query And/Or
My question is very similar to Meta Query with AND & OR? . This question was answered in 2011 by @Otto.
With the exception that my logic is different.
I want to query, for example, posts with ...
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Custom query shows custom post types in trash
I have a custom wordpress query like so:
$query = new WP_Query(array('post_status' => 'future || publish', 'post_type' => 'kalender', 'order' => 'ASC'));
But the problem is that the items ...
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Create a Blog Template Page
I am trying to create a template that will display a list posts of a specific custom type. However, I am missing something fundamental. So far, here is what I have:
functions.php
add_action( ...
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How to handle wp_query?
I want one particular category insert 12 post, but I only see some few posts.
Just like first time first 4 post and other time other post. What can I do?
Editor note:
I understand the issue is ...
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Change post query onclick
I'm trying to build kind of a filtering system for the events displayed on my website. I've made a custom post type 'Event', with a 'City' field. On my 'calendar' template page, I'm gathering all the ...
