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Working on updating an old WP site developed for WordPress 2.0 and have a post (page) query that does not return the "post_content" data.

Here is said query:

$the_query = query_posts('post_type=page&post_parent=50&post_status=publish&orderby=menu_order&order=ASC&posts_per_page=100');

And the returned object (one of them):

[0] => stdClass Object
    (
        [ID] => 249
        [post_title] => John Doe
        [link_link] => 1
        [no_follow_link] => 0
        [redirect_url] => 
        [target_blank] => 0
        [post_status] => publish
        [post_name] => john-do
        [post_parent] => 50
        [guid] => http://beta.mysite.org/
        [post_type] => page
        [filter] => raw
    )

Notably this is missing the post_content. Which is kind of a big deal. Any ideas? I don't think it's a memory limit issue. I've tried many different work-arounds. Suggestions are much appreciated.

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  • See if this answer could help
    – Amit Kosti
    Aug 10, 2012 at 16:13
  • disable all plugins, to see if any of them is messing up with the content filter.
    – pixeline
    Aug 11, 2012 at 22:35

1 Answer 1

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You shouldn't be using query_posts() here, but rather WP_Query(). (Search WPSE for query_posts if you want to know wy.)

<?php
$custom_query_args = array( 
    'post_type' => 'page',
    'post_parent' => '50',
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'orderby' => 'menu_order',
    'order' => 'ASC',
    'posts_per_page' => '100'
);
$custom_query = new WP_Query( $custom_query_args );

// To see the contents of the $custom_query object
var_dump( $custom_query );
?>

Edit

No dice. Same result.

The query is returning exactly what it is intended to return. In order to access the $post data, you need to set up the Loop:

if ( $custom_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $custom_query->have_posts() ) : $custom_query->the_post() );

    // The $post variable is now available, 
    // so you can access the post content, either as
    // $post->post_content or as the_content()

endwhile; endif;

So, I'm guessing your problem is that you're not setting up the Loop.

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  • No dice. Same result. Aug 11, 2012 at 1:59
  • What, exactly, does the var_dump() return? Aug 11, 2012 at 15:01

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