The difference, if you want to call it that, is that the query() is the most generalized method to do queries with $wpdb, the get_results() method on the other hand is a specific method, which does make use of the query() method to retrieve the specific results of this method and then does some work … Read more
You can use get_comments. Function Reference/get comments $args = array(‘cat’ => ‘home’,’post_type’ => ‘post’)); $post_obj = new WP_Query($args); while($post_obj->have_posts() ) : $post_obj->the_post(); //display comments $comments = get_comments(array( ‘post_id’ => $post->ID, ‘number’ => ‘2’ )); foreach($comments as $comment) { //format comments } endwhile;
1. Set the query before WP_Query is run This seems to be the most important thing to keep in mind when trying to keep database queries to a minimum since the only opportunity to alter the query is, of course, before it is run in the SQL database. Normal Queries For a normal query, WordPress … Read more
I feel like there’s an AND/OR confusion going on here. The queries in the OP will only return posts which have both key1 = ‘value1’ AND key2 = ‘value2’. Most WP plugins (that I know of, anyway) do not store multiple values in postmeta, for the same post, using the same key. If what you … Read more
Feeding the query an array of possible values If the value in the database is a string and you want to feed the query several values: $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘news’, ‘meta_query’ => array( array( ‘key’ => ‘topics’, ‘value’ => array ( ‘sports’, ‘nonprofit’, ‘community’ ), ‘compare’ => ‘IN’ ) ) ); Searching for … Read more
Hi @Keith Donegan: If I understand your question correctly I think this is what you are looking for? <?php echo $GLOBALS[‘wp_query’]->request; ?> $wp_query is a global variable that contains the current query run by the loop. If you run the above code anytime while the loop is still active or even right after the loop … Read more