WP_Query Builder

Pick the posts you want; get the query, the loop and a plain-English summary — plus warnings for the arguments that quietly kill performance.

What to fetch

Post types

Post status

Posts per page

Use -1 for no limit.

Offset

Order by

Order

Pagination & behaviour

Paginate

Reads the paged query var so page 2 and beyond work.

Ignore sticky posts

Stops pinned posts jumping to the top of a secondary query.

Taxonomy clauses

Meta clauses

A secondary query — the usual choice inside a template or shortcode.

// Generated with WP CodeKit — powered by GrowQuest (https://growquest.io).
$args = array(
	'post_type'      => 'post',
	'post_status'    => 'publish',
	'posts_per_page' => 10,
	'paged'          => get_query_var( 'paged' ) ? absint( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) : 1,
	'orderby'        => 'date',
	'order'          => 'DESC',
);

$query = new WP_Query( $args );

if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
	echo '<ul class="mytheme-list">';
	while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
		$query->the_post();
		printf(
			'<li><a href="%s">%s</a></li>',
			esc_url( get_permalink() ),
			esc_html( get_the_title() )
		);
	}
	echo '</ul>';
	wp_reset_postdata();
} else {
	echo '<p>' . esc_html__( 'Nothing found.', 'textdomain' ) . '</p>';
}