Using Wordpress LOOP with pages instead of posts?

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Is there a way to use THE LOOP in Wordpress to load pages instead of posts?

I would like to be able to query a set of child pages, and then use THE LOOP function calls on it - things like the_permalink() and the_title().

Is there a way to do this? I didn't see anything in query_posts() documentation.

Sebastien C. · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-02 08:21:31Z

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Yes, that's possible. You can create a new WP_Query object. Do something like this:

query_posts(array('showposts' => <number_of_pages_to_show>, 'post_parent' => <ID of the parent page>, 'post_type' => 'page'));

while (have_posts()) { the_post();
    /* Do whatever you want to do for every page... */
}

wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data

Addition: There are a lot of other parameters that can be used with query_posts. Some, but unfortunately not all, are listed here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts. At least post_parent and more important post_type are not listed there. I dug through the sources of ./wp-include/query.php to find out about these.

edited Jul 2, 2015 at 8:21

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jezmck Over a year ago

If it's child pages of the current page you can use get_the_ID() if you've previously called the_post().

Nathan Dawson · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-13 08:19:11Z

Given the age of this question I wanted to provide an updated answer for anyone who stumbles upon it.

I would suggest avoiding query_posts. Here's the alternative I prefer:

$child_pages = new WP_Query( array(
    'post_type'      => 'page', // set the post type to page
    'posts_per_page' => 10, // number of posts (pages) to show
    'post_parent'    => <ID of the parent page>, // enter the post ID of the parent page
    'no_found_rows'  => true, // no pagination necessary so improve efficiency of loop
) );

if ( $child_pages->have_posts() ) : while ( $child_pages->have_posts() ) : $child_pages->the_post();
    // Do whatever you want to do for every page. the_title(), the_permalink(), etc...
endwhile; endif;  

wp_reset_postdata();

Another alternative would be to use the pre_get_posts filter however this only applies in this case if you need to modify the primary loop. The above example is better when used as a secondary loop.

Further reading: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

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