CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user3293145
user3293145

Reputation: 303

Why Wordpress query_post is not showing correct posts?

I'm trying to query wordpress post by using query_posts and trying to save them in an array so that I get retrieve the post from array. This is what I'm doing,

$posts= array();
$args = array('posts_per_page' =>3,'cat' => 3 );
$posts[] = query_posts( $args );

global $post;
if ( ! empty($posts) ) :
    foreach ($posts as $post) {
        setup_postdata($post);  
        echo get_the_title();
    }
    wp_reset_postdata();
endif;
wp_reset_query();

When I run this script it shows a post which is not in cat 3. but if I do print_r($post) it shows the correct three posts. Any idea of where I'm getting wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 108

Answers (3)

arma
arma

Reputation: 4124

This one should work also WP_Query or get_posts() is preferred method for secondary queries.

global $post;
$posts_args  = array('cat' => 3, 'posts_per_page' => 3);
$posts_query = new WP_Query($posts_args);
$posts_arr   = $posts_query->get_posts();

if ( ! empty($posts_arr) ) :
    foreach ($posts_arr as $post) {
        setup_postdata($post);
        echo get_the_title();
    }
    wp_reset_postdata();
endif;
wp_reset_query();

Upvotes: 1

revo
revo

Reputation: 48711

No need to declare it as an array:

global $post;
$args = array('posts_per_page' => 3,'cat' => 3);
$query = query_posts($args);
foreach ($query as $post) {
   setup_postdata($post); 
   the_title();
}
wp_reset_query();

Upvotes: 1

nicowernli
nicowernli

Reputation: 3348

Remember that query_posts modifies the main loop, so probably the post that is not from cat = 3 is from the main loop. Try to create a new query with get_posts. 

$posts = get_posts('posts_per_page=3&cat=3');
global $post;
if (!empty($posts)):
    foreach ($posts as $post):
        setup_postdata($post);
        echo get_the_title();
    endforeach;
    wp_reset_postdata();
endif;

Upvotes: 0

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