Title: Custom WP Query Help Last modified: May 21, 2019 --- # Custom WP Query Help * Resolved [doctorlam1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorlam1982/) * (@doctorlam1982) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/) * Hi! Thanks for your great plugin. I’ve used code from this post to grab posts labeled in the same category as the page a user is on (e.g., if user is on strategy it pulls blog posts with the category “strategy”). [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ajax-load-more-for-related-posts/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ajax-load-more-for-related-posts/) * The query works and the Ajax load more plugin loads additional posts in the correct category. However, the loaded posts are limited to 5 posts total no matter how many posts are in the same category. When I inspect, I see that data-total-posts = “5” no matter what. Here’s my custom query that is located in my functions. php file. * ``` /* RELATED BLOG POSTS SHORTCHODE */ function services_related_posts($args = array()) { global $post; $terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID , 'category', 'string'); //Pluck out the IDs to get an array of IDS $term_ids = wp_list_pluck($terms,'term_id'); $paged = ( get_query_var('paged') ) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; // query $related_blogs = get_posts(array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'field' => 'id', 'terms' => $term_ids, 'posts_per_page' => -1, // get all posts 'operator'=> 'IN' //Or 'AND' or 'NOT IN' )), 'post__not_in'=>array($post->ID), 'paged' => $paged )); $post_in = array(); foreach ( $related_blogs as $post ){ setup_postdata( $post ); $post_in[] = $post->ID; // Store post IDs } wp_reset_query(); echo do_shortcode('[ajax_load_more id="5448190871" button_label="Load More" scroll="false" posts_per_page="3" sticky_posts="true" post__in="'.implode(',', $post_in).'"]'); } ``` * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcustom-wp-query-help%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11561297) * Hi [@doctorlam1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorlam1982/) I’m not able to access the site because it’s password protected. * Strange issue though, how many post IDs are listed in the post—in days param? * Have you tried it without sticky posts enabled? * Thread Starter [doctorlam1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorlam1982/) * (@doctorlam1982) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11561429) * Hi [@dcooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) , I’ve unpassword protected it so you can take a look. I’ve tried without sticky posts and it didn’t help. * I”m not sure what you mean by how many post IDs listed in days param? I know that it should load 8 posts but is always only loading 5. * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11561535) * Ok no worries. I can look later tonight. Did you try turning off the sticky posts shortcode parameter? * Thread Starter [doctorlam1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorlam1982/) * (@doctorlam1982) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11561557) * Thank you! I tried that, it didn’t make any difference. * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11562221) * Yes, so I inspected the HTML and it’s only pulling 5 posts. `data-post-in="1103,1101,737,735,733"` * Meaning ALM, is grabbing the correct posts. * Id start by debugging your custom query to see why it’s only pulling 5 posts. * Thread Starter [doctorlam1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorlam1982/) * (@doctorlam1982) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11562235) * Thanks for checking! Based on the query I posted above, do you see anything glaring? I can’t figure it out for the life of me. * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11562242) * Actually, the query looks wrong. * try this. * ``` 'post', 'posts_per_page' => -1, // get all posts 'post__not_in' => array($post->ID), 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'field' => 'id', 'terms' => $term_ids, 'operator'=> 'IN' //Or 'AND' or 'NOT IN' ) ) ) ); ``` * You had posts_per_page in the wrong spot - This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/). * Thread Starter [doctorlam1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorlam1982/) * (@doctorlam1982) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11562342) * Amazing! Thank you! That worked! * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11562674) * Awesome, no problem at all 🙂 Please consider a review if you have some time. [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ajax-load-more/reviews/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ajax-load-more/reviews/) * Thread Starter [doctorlam1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorlam1982/) * (@doctorlam1982) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11570333) * I will definitely write a review! I have one more question. The query works perfectly but when there are no matching categories, all the posts get loaded. Is there something I’m missing thst is causing that? * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp-query-help/#post-11571900) * You would have to hide ALM if no posts match. * ``` if(!empty($post_in)){ echo do_shortcode('[ajax_load_more id="5448190871" button_label="Load More" scroll="false" posts_per_page="3" sticky_posts="true" post__in="'.implode(',', $post_in).'"]'); } ``` * Hope that helps. 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