"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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When should you use WP_Query vs query_posts() vs get_posts()?
It seems like half the tutorials in the codex and around the blogosphere use query_posts() and half use WP_Query. What's the deal?
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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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Using wp_query is it possible to orderby taxonomy?
My question is simple, I'm using WP_Query to retrieve some custom type posts filtering by a taxonomy using tax_query.
Now my problem is I would like to orderby the taxonomy, but from documentation ...
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Custom Taxonomy WP_Query for All Terms in a Taxonomy?
Is there an easy way to query for any posts that is tagged with any term from a particular taxonomy?
I know this technique:
$custom_taxonomy_query = new WP_Query(
array(
'taxonomy_name' => ...
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Next_posts_link() works only with original $wp_query
I've got custom template that I want to display paged blog posts. This is the beginning of my file:
$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
if($wp_query->have_posts()){
...
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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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Passing and retrieving query vars in wordpress
I have two authors pages, one displays about 5 posts. Then I'm trying to setup another page that will be all of their posts. I have created a template called moreauthorposts.php and I'm trying to ...
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Dynamically link to the latest post or simulate request of specific post in page template
I want to have a link in the wordpress menu pointing to the latest post of a specific category.
Because I am not able put a dynamic URL in the wordpress menu, my approach was to put a page with a ...
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WP_Query and next_posts_link
I cannot figure out how to make next_posts_link() work within my custom WP_Query. Here is the function:
function artists() {
echo '<div id="artists">';
$args = array( 'post_type' => ...
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“pre_get_posts” firing on every query
How can I change arguments for the main query only, and not affect other queries?
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'custom_post_count');
function custom_post_count($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 ...
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meta_query with meta values as serialize arrays
I'm working on a project in which I'm creating a custom post type and custom data entered via meta boxes associated with my custom post type. For whatever reason I decided to code the meta boxes in ...
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How can I show posts only if meta_value is not empty
Three people have already tried to solve this, and we're coming up nil. I want to show only posts that have a value in the meta_key 'featured_image'.
So... if 'featured_image' is not empty, show the ...
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query_post by title?
is it possible to create a loop of posts using WP_Query or query_posts using the title?
ie
$args = array('post_title'='LIKE '.$str.'% ');
$res = WP_Query($arg);
// the loop...
// trying this ...
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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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Custom Post Type, WP_Query and 'orderby'
I do have a custom post type with the following setup:
$supports = array(
'title'
, 'editor'
, 'thumbnail'
, 'revisions'
, 'page-attributes'
);
$args = array(
'hierarchical' ...
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Custom Post Type “Event”: chronological list of recurring events
i'm looking for a good and easy way to have a custom post type "event" that can have multiple dates. (I have tested about 20 plugins). I think i have no problem building a metabox allowing the user to ...
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Pagination with WP_Query is buggy - working for some pages, but not the others
I'm having a very peculiar bug with pagination :( I'm trying to display 4 posts per page for a category with slug "lastest-news".
The pagination function seems to work correctly. There are 33 posts. ...
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WP_Query with checkbox meta_query
I have posted this on StackOverflow too, not sure if that's allowed - if not let me know and I'll remove one (I don't want to look like I'm spamming). Anyway....
I have a custom post type and have ...
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Counting Posts of a Given Post Type Having a Specific Taxonomy?
(Moderator's note: The original title was "How to know the number of custom type posts having a specific taxonomy")
I'm stuck with the function wp_count_posts()!
I created custom post types called ...
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How to sort CPT by custom meta value (date), and return posts month by month
For future reference:
I am using the great Meta Box Plugin to help expedite meta box creation for my custom post types.
My goal:
To build a highly customizable events section closely resembling a ...
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Integrating custom API for post content into Admin interface & Public Website [closed]
EDITED question to be more specific and added bounty in hopes someone has a solid coded solution:
So, here is an interesting task I have been trying to find a solution for. I have added a bounty ...
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query_posts() in function makes global $wp_query out of sync?
This has me stumped for a while already. Either I am missing something very obvious or something very not obvious. I am also not entirely sure if this has something to do with WP or purely PHP ...
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Orderby = none not working
I'm trying to set 'orderby = none' to my loop but it is not working. Here's my code:
$query = new WP_Query(array('showposts'=>2, 'post__in' => array(99,4,5,2,8,55), 'orderby'=>'none'));
...
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Add inline HTML to posts published within last 24hrs
Basically I'm looking to add this line of code to posts published within the last 24hrs:
<span class="new">New!</span>
When the post is over 24hrs old, remove the inline HTML element.
...
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How to order custom post type by multiple custom fields?
How to display posts with 'Event' custom type ordered by 'Start_Hour' and then by 'Start_Minute'?
'Start_Hour' and 'Start_Minute' are numeric custom fields.
I tried this, but it doesn't work:
$args ...
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WP_query and pagination?
I have to get some custom post types and need to do that with WP_Query (query_posts doesn't work).
How can I do the pagination? Whatever I tried didn't work... any help would be awesome I can't crack ...
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How should I use posts_where to change meta_value from a string to integer?
How should I use posts_where to change meta_value from a string to integer?
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Query causing load because of SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS post counting?
I found this query causing some load in the server, my hosting provdier asked me to look on it.
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts
I think this select no. rows found in wp_posts table.. but i ...
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Custom Taxonomy not working with posts_per_page in new WP_query (pagination problem)
OK, so i'm messing with Custom Taxonomies for the second time and in both instances i've run into this problem where using the posts_per_page argument in either a query_posts or WP_query scenario.. ...
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How do I exclude a custom taxonomy from the post loop
Is there a simple or easy way to exclude all posts from a custom taxonomy in the loop? I've been looking high and low, and neither SE, SO or Google seem to have a straight answer.
I know it can be ...
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How to use a custom post type archive as front page?
I'd like to use a custom post type archive as a site's front page, so that
http://the_site.com/
is a custom post type archive displayed according to my archive-{post-type}.php file.
Ideally I ...
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pagination doesn't show up for custom post type
Another user on here suggested that my use of queries was incorrect so I'm changing the code. However, the pagination in the first block of code (below) isn't showing up in the HTML while the second ...
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Custom query with category exclusion and post-meta “whitelist”
I have two widgets, one shows News while the other shows everything except News (We'll call the second one Blog). The blog portion is currently working correctly.
The News posts are either ...
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How to know which one is the main query?
I just did an action on the query using pre_get_posts and it didn't work. When I removed the $query->is_main_query() it did work.
So, how do you know that what is the main query. I know there is ...
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Custom search form with empty parameters
I'm building a custom search form with keywords and drop down lists (categories, date, and country (have a separate plugin for this)).
In the searchform.php I have the input field and then ...
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How to query posts based on lat-lng coordinate as post meta?
I'm planning a custom WordPress theme where the Custom Post Type (CPT) will have latitude and longitude coordinate as it's meta value. The latitude and longitude will be displayed as a Marker in a ...
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Can i merge 2 new WP_Query($variable) 's?
I am running a multisite network and i have setup a sql query that uses swith_to_blog(); and queries the posts.
Is there a way that i can declare the query inside a new WP_Query and actually merge ...
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Get posts by meta data OR title
I have a working query that calls all my posts that have a certain meta value for one of two meta keys:
$term = $_GET['term'];
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'some_cpt_name'
,'meta_query' ...
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How can i use ajax with check-box categories
Hy
how can i build a search filter someting like that ( ex: http://tvpedia.org/gen/actiune)
with wordpress,
I have a custom post type name: Locatii, that custom post type have categories.
Ex: Cat ...
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Is it necessary to use wp_reset_query() in a WP_Query call?
I'm using the following code to retrieve posts:
<?php
$featuredPosts = new WP_Query();
$featuredPosts->query('showposts=5&cat=3');
while ($featuredPosts->have_posts()) : ...
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Displaying Posts Related to Other Posts by a Taxonomy Term?
I have a custom post type for musician's profiles, and a taxonomy for their location (categorised hierachically into Countries and then Cities). On the musician's individual profile pages I need to ...
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Multiple WP_Query loops with Pagination
There are a few other questions about this (and WP_Query pagination seems to be a huge question for a lot of people) so I'm trying to narrow down exactly how to make it function.
I'm able to create a ...
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wp_query orderby title and meta key value (WP3.1)
I have a taxonomy wp_query and i would like to order the list by title and by meta value (numeric value)
Have a meta value Interesting = 1 or 0 in the posts
Not so interesting posts would be at the ...
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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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Broken? WP_Query and “attachment” as a post type
I have a gallery attached to a page. On that page, I'm running the following query:
$events_gallery = new WP_Query( // Start a new query for our videos
array(
'post_parent' => $post->ID, // ...
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Is it possible to wrap Geo Location search around WP_Query?
I'll just like to add that I have a current working solution in place and works well but I'm looking for ideas of being able to do it better or cleaner if possible.
We have hundreds of properties in ...
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Sort posts alphabetically by custom field value, insert divider between different letters
i'm listing all posts of my custom post type "person" alphabetically sorted by the custom field last_name on a page.
How would i insert a divider (e.g. an image of the letter) before a letter range ...
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Pagination with custom SQL query
I have my own SQL string to select Custom Post Type posts with specific WHERE clause. I've used the offset and limit to return appropriate posts depending on a page being displayed. That's working ...
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Search multiple custom fields by using meta_query
I'm trying to create a search results listing for a custom post type and the problem I'm running in to is with the way the 'meta_query' parameter is stringing the passed values together. It appears ...
