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The WordPress codex page for query_posts states that it does not cover all the parameters which query_posts takes:

Parameters

This is not an exhaustive list yet. It is meant to show some of the more common things possible with setting your own queries

I couldn't find a reference of all the parameters which are accepted by query_posts, though, even in just a simple list form. Is there a cheat-sheet or something similar available with this data?

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  • You should never use query_posts, it is bad practice, use WP_Query or the pre_get_posts filter instead
    – Tom J Nowell ♦
    Commented May 26, 2015 at 21:57

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Below is everything from WordPress 3.0.1 found in the parse_query() function of /wp-includes/query.php (lines 1246-1550).
However, it's possible for a plugin to add parameters and so a list can never be fully complete:

  • attachment
  • attachment_id
  • author
  • author_name
  • cat
  • category__and
  • category__in
  • category__not_in
  • category_name
  • comments_popup
  • day
  • error
  • feed
  • hour
  • m
  • minute
  • monthnum
  • name
  • order
  • orderby
  • p
  • page_id
  • page
  • paged
  • pagename
  • post__in
  • post__not_in
  • post_status
  • post_type
  • preview
  • robots
  • s
  • sentence
  • second
  • static
  • subpost
  • subpost_id
  • tag__and
  • tag__in
  • tag__not_in
  • tag_id
  • tag_slug__and
  • tag_slug__in
  • tag
  • taxonomy - (pre 3.1)
  • tb
  • term - (pre 3.1)
  • w
  • withcomments
  • withoutcomments

  • year

    Pre WP 3.1

  • meta_key

  • meta_value

    Since WP 3.1

  • fields
  • meta_query
  • tax_query
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  • I was JUST looking for this list yesterday!
    – Dan Gayle
    Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 22:09
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    If you could re-edit your question and make it community wiki, we could all keep it up-to-date when things change. Parameter types (formats: int or string?, multiple values?) would also be nice.
    – Jan Fabry
    Commented Aug 12, 2010 at 7:36
  • @Mike - I've added some missing query vars into your answer and also added some new 3.1 query vars in.
    – t31os
    Commented Mar 7, 2011 at 10:23
  • @Mike - No problem, i'm sure there's a couple more missing, but seeing as we've covered the important ones i wasn't going to nit pick over having every last one(there's a good few in there that noone will ever use already - sentence or second are two i've never seen used)... :)
    – t31os
    Commented Mar 8, 2011 at 0:04
  • @t31os - FYI I'm currently working on a plugin that will make sure of all of these, and more which I am very excited about. It's a next generation URL routing plugin. Interested?
    – MikeSchinkel
    Commented Mar 8, 2011 at 5:56
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If you can read PHP code, you can take a look at the function parse_query($query) in class WP_Query of file wp-includes\query.php

The supported arguments are all listed and managed there.

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    +1, the code is the authoritative reference. (Not the codex, or the function comment/docblock.)
    – user66
    Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 21:10
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I use the Codex page for WP_Query. http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

The list may not be exhaustive but it is useful, fairly comprehensive and up-to-date. I believe that WP_Query and query_posts share the same parameters.

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