Posts tagged: wp_query

Date-based post retrieval is a common requirement in WordPress development that many developers solve less elegantly than they should. Typical use cases include a “This week’s posts” sidebar widget, an “Articles from last month” archive section, a year-in-review landing page that lists everything published in a calendar year, or an events-style content type where posts…

WordPress taxonomies are one of the most powerful content organization tools the platform provides. Categories and tags are the built-in examples, but developers regularly register custom taxonomies like genre, location, brand, or project-type alongside custom post types. At some point in almost every WordPress project you need to fetch all posts that belong to a…

A custom WP_Query loop with AJAX-based sorting works correctly for one post type but produces wrong order for another. The sort arguments look right. The most common cause is a third-party plugin — specifically one that overrides the default post order at the database level.

Modify the global WordPress query on default pages pre_get_posts fires after the query variable object is created but before the database query runs. It gives you direct access to the $query object for every query WordPress makes — including the main loop — so you can change arguments without duplicating the template or creating a…