WP_Query in WordPress Themes

WP_Query in WordPress Themes — a practical guide to WP_Query tutorial with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

`WP_Query` is the main class for custom content queries in themes and plugins.

WP_Query example

$q = new WP_Query([
  'post_type' => 'post',
  'posts_per_page' => 3,
  'category_name' => 'news',
]);
while ($q->have_posts()) : $q->the_post();
  the_title('<h3>', '</h3>');
endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata();