One of the most powerful features of WordPress is the WP Query. Here's how to control it with the pre_get_posts hook.

This complete course covers a range of topics to get you up to speed on the most effective uses of wp_query from the essentials to advanced implementations.

WordPress's get_queried_object() function has the distinction of being, I think, the most useful core function in WordPress that I didn't know about for

Retrieveing data using get_posts or WP_Query can be challenging when we need to include custom tables in the query. In this tutorial, we will learn how to include our custom tables to create custom queries. The idea for this tutorial […]

Create a complex WordPress query and nested loop to output posts from a Movie post type and organized by a movie_years custom taxonomy.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use the WP_Query class specifically to optimize the SQL queries, reducing execution time and resource consumption.

Recently, a client project I’m working on required something I don’t think I’ve done before: write a WP_Query to fetch a dynamically generated list of post IDs.

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Here's how to start querying event post types with WP Query for The Event Calendar and the base level of arguments you need.

Learn how to use and filter metadata by leveraging the WP_Query object to save hours off your development time and improve your product's code.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use the WP_Query class specifically to optimize the SQL quer...

In WordPress, pre_get_posts is a filter that makes it possible to modify an existing WP_Query, befor...

I really enjoyed David's article from a few weeks ago on the basics of functional programming as it ...

This article will demonstrate how to retrieve an array of post objects from the database using nativ...

This article will demonstrate how to retrieve and sort an array of post objects from the database us...