I am trying to query for all posts with a post format of 'quote.' I have added the post formats to my functions.php with add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'image', 'video', 'gallery', 'quote' ) ); I have selected 'quote' as the format for the post in the admin. The last example under [Taxonomy_Parameters][1] shows how to display posts that have the 'quote' format but when I run it in my theme no posts are returned. Here is the code: $args = array( 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'post-format', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => 'post-format-quote' ) ) ); query_posts( $args ); When I just query all posts and place echo get_post_format(); in the loop it returns the word 'quote' on the front-end. Also, when I var_dump() the query I do not see anything in the array about post format. Does anyone know if it is possible to query by post format? If so how? EDIT - See 5 comment under Bainternet's answer: This is the code found on index.php of the twentyten theme of a fresh install trying to return format type quotes. I return 'no' instead of 'quote'. Can you see anything that I should change. get_header(); ?> <div id="container"> <div id="content" role="main"> <?php $args = array( 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'post-format', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => array('quote') ) ) ); query_posts( $args ); if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); echo get_post_format(); endwhile; else: echo 'no'; endif; wp_reset_query(); ?> </div><!-- #content --> </div><!-- #container --> <?php get_sidebar(); ?> <?php get_footer(); ?> [1]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Taxonomy_Parameters