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?
For some use cases, couldn't you use $query->get() to target specific custom queries?
For example: say you've got a custom query for a slider post-type. Perhaps something like this?
function wpse64950_filter_pre_get_posts( $query ) {
if ( ! is_main_query() ) {
if ( 'slider' == $query->get( 'post-type' ) ) {
// This is a query of slider posts,
// and isn't the main query;
// Do something
}
}
return;
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'wpse64950_filter_pre_get_posts' );
Granted, this will target every such slider post-type custom query; so it won't work in every case. But it should work in some cases.
answered Nov 15 '12 at 23:55
pre_get_posts fires for every post query.
There is really no reason to apply it to a specific custom query. If you don't want it to be applied to your custom query you need to make sure you are checking for is_main_query().
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I want it to be applied to a custom query, but not on the main query. Here's what i'm trying to achieve - i want to list posts with closed comments on one page, and i think it can be achieved with comment_status, 'open', using the pre_get_posts. On the other hand, i want to do that with just one custom query, while the main query should remain intact. Or is my logic wrong, and i'm missing something? – idjuradj Sep 12 '12 at 17:12
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1Why don't you just pass the necessary parameters to that specific query, since you're setting it up anyway? – Pippin Sep 12 '12 at 17:36
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@Pippin - how would i do that in my case? I want the main parameter to be are comments open or not? so i want to create a query that will show only posts with closed or opened comments? How would i do that? Any help would be appreciated. – idjuradj Sep 12 '12 at 19:03
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You would do it in exactly the same way that you would with pre_get_posts. Do you know how to do it there (excluding the part about targeting a specific query)? – Pippin Sep 12 '12 at 22:06
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@Pippin Would it look something like this?
function comm_cl( $query ) { $query->set( 'comment_status', 'open' ); }I had this bit of code, gist.github.com/3709991 - it is working, but it's not working well with pagination. So that's really the problem i'm trying to solve, and i was hoping i can achieve it with pre_get_posts. Any help on the matter would be appreciated. – idjuradj Sep 12 '12 at 22:32
