Is there a way I can retrieve an array of post ids queried from the following: $latest = new WP_Query( array ( ‘orderby’ => ‘rand’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 3 )); if ( $latest -> have_posts() ) : while ( $latest -> have_posts() ) : $latest -> the_post(); get_template_part( ‘templates/content’, ‘post’ ); endwhile; endif; wp_reset_postdata(); Follow Up: … Read more
I want to return ALL posts with query_posts. I tried setting posts_per_page to a really high number, but query_posts freaks out and doesn’t return any posts. What is the correct way to query posts without a limit? $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ‘cat’ => ‘22,47,67’, ‘orderby’ => ‘name’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘hide_empty’ => 1, … Read more
I am creating a front end dashboard where I need to show all the posts by the current user. So, I need to show posts in all states, mainly published, trashed and the pending. I am now using a simple query but it is returning only the published posts. $query = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘my-post-type’, … Read more
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 wiser about using WP_Query(), but still have some gray areas. What I think I know for sure: If I’m … Read more
It seems like half the tutorials in the Codex and around the blogosphere use query_posts() and half use WP_Query. They all do similar things, so when should I use one over the others? query_posts() is overly simplistic and a problematic way to modify the main query of a page by replacing it with new instance … Read more
