UPDATE: This is now a decade old answer, meant for a very old version of WordPress. I can see the comments informing me that this might not work for newer WP versions, please do refer to the other answers below if mine is not working for your version of WP. For WP 2.*, this will … Read more
$wp_query->post_count is supposed to work exactly like that. To get the total number of posts that exist in the database, use $wp_query->found_posts
meta_query is an array of meta clauses. For example: $q = new WP_Query( array( ‘meta_query’ => array( ‘relation’ => ‘AND’, array( ‘key’ => ‘state’, ‘value’ => ‘Wisconsin’, ), array( ‘key’ => ‘city’, ‘compare’ => ‘EXISTS’, ), ), ) ); You can use an associative array, with a key for each meta clause: $q = new … Read more
Your actual question is basically when to run a custom query and when to make use of the main query. Lets break it down in three parts PART ONE When to run a custom query (This is not a definitive list) To create custom content sliders To create a featured content area in a page … Read more
These are the query parameters i use…works for me when i loop through the results array( ‘post_parent’ => $post->ID, ‘post_status’ => ‘inherit’, ‘post_type’=> ‘attachment’, ‘post_mime_type’ => ‘image/jpeg,image/gif,image/jpg,image/png’ ); For more detail, please see official documentation for WP_Query’s status parameters
You have missed one, $GLOBALS[‘wp_query’]. For all purposes, $GLOBALS[‘wp_query’] === $wp_query. $GLOBALS[‘wp_query’] is however better for readability and should be used instead of $wp_query, BUT, that remains personal preference Now, in a perfect world where unicorns rule the world, $GLOBALS[‘wp_the_query’] === $GLOBALS[‘wp_query’] === $wp_query. By default, this should be true. If we look at where … Read more
In my opinion, deprecating numberposts would not make sense, as numberposts is used to query x amount of posts, whilst posts_per_page is used to denote how many posts per page are being shown during pagination. If you were to deprecate numberposts in favor of simply posts_per_page, then pagination would not exist. ie: “numberposts” => 50, … Read more
you need to use ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’, also if you are ordering dates, the best advice is to put them in an easy to order way such as 2012-12-31
I’m going to answer this myself, but it was the very clever @simonwheatley of Code for the People that solved this one for me. Instead of using wp_reset_postdata() or wp_reset_query(), you can use the following: $publication->reset_postdata(); Where $publication is your query object. The working code now looks like: $publication = new WP_Query( array( ‘connected_type’ => … Read more
Please try this: $args = array( ‘category_name’ => ‘cat1’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 5, ‘orderby’ => ‘rand’, ); $pc = new WP_Query( $args ); where ‘rand’ should give you a random order of your posts. For more info check out the Codex on WP_Query order parameters here.