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Reputation: 107

get_posts does not return multiple post types

I am using get_posts($query) to list posts in my WordPress plugin.

If I use it like this: 

$query['post_type'] = array('post', 'attachment');

Then it will not return 'attachment' types, only posts. They will be returned only if I query for them separately, like this: 

$query['post_type'] = 'attachment';

I am using WordPress 4.9.6.

What am I missing here?

Thank you.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1880

Answers (2)

user8717003
user8717003

Reputation:

The problem is attachments have post_status == 'inherit' not 'publish' so I would try adding

$query['post_status'] = [ 'publish', 'inherit' ];

to $args.

Note that this may get more results then intended as post_type == 'post' with post_status == 'inherit' will also be returned. You should probably do two separate queries. This is just an explanation as to why your combined query does not work as expected.

The reason

$query['post_type'] = 'attachment';

works is the WordPress has the following code in get_posts()

if ( empty( $r['post_status'] ) )
    $r['post_status'] = ( 'attachment' == $r['post_type'] ) ? 'inherit' : 'publish';
}

Upvotes: 3

Dale Nguyen
Dale Nguyen

Reputation: 1980

Can you try 

$args = array(
  'post_type'   => array('post', 'attachment')
);

$multi_posts = get_posts( $args );

Make sure to check the name of your custom post type.

Upvotes: 1

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