The posts array result in WP_Query is mapped to get_post() (here and here) with: $this->posts = array_map( ‘get_post’, $this->posts ); and that seems to be adding posts to the object cache even though the cache_results argument is set to false in WP_Query. Within the get_post() function (here) we have: $_post = WP_Post::get_instance( $post ); for … Read more
Oops – too late to withdraw the question, I guess – but realized while out taking a walk that the answer was obvious: The query within the main query creates an infinite loop, since the post containing the shortcode would be within the main loop, so opens a hole in the universe etc. Will be … Read more
You are right that you can’t have WordPress order the retrieved posts randomly. So you’ll have to do that yourself after you have retrieved the array of post objects. Let’s call that $my_posts. Because you don’t know how many of the posts in that array are featured, you will have to loop through them to … Read more
WP_Query does not currently support querying by the comment_count field, but there is a proposed patch for this functionality. See Trac ticket #28399. Update: #28399 has been fixed and should land in version 4.9 In the meantime, here is a workaround based on information from this post which will alter the where clause of a … Read more
Fix the duplicate checking logic: Your duplicate checking logic is wrong. You needed to keep the terms in an array and then check if the term already exist in the array to determine if it’s a duplicate. So instead of if ( $dupe == 0 ) : condition and wrong loop nesting, it’ll be like: … Read more
$blabla = new Query($args); should be $blabla = new WP_Query($args); UPDATE Your actual code should be something like: $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘fb’, ‘tax_query’ => array( array( ‘taxonomy’ => ‘fbcate_category’, ‘field’ => ‘id’, ‘terms’ => ’35’, ), ), ‘order’ => ‘DESC’, ‘posts_per_page’ => -1, ); $posts_array = new WP_Query($args); Where taxonomy is your taxonomy … Read more
It turns out it was a plugin that was the culprit. I disabled my installed plugins and then re-enabled them individually to identify a plugin named Search Everything (https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/search-everything/) as the cause. It seems, Search Everything was modifying the default behaviour of WP_Query.
Pagination is unlikely to work on anything which is not the main query and there is not much point to try to force it to work in other places. Use pre_get_posts filter if modifying the main query will give you good results, otherwise just invent your own pagination scheme that do not use the same … Read more
The third field in add_filter() is priority. Default WP hook priority is 10. You can omit the 1 altogether, or still declare number of arguments accepting by function by passing it as 4th field. add_filter(‘excerpt_more’, ‘change_excerpt_more’, 10, 1); OR for default: add_filter(‘excerpt_more’, ‘change_excerpt_more’); re: questions in comments still wondering why it wouldn’t work without having … Read more
The solution below will return posts associated with the queried term name or posts that use the term name in the post title, excerpt, or content. Note that we are using the human readable term name for the search, not the term slug, which isn’t ideal for searches since it could be hyphenated. First, add … Read more