Title: get_posts the_content() problem
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# get_posts the_content() problem

 *  Resolved [djones8520](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djones8520/)
 * (@djones8520)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_posts-the_content-problem/)
 * I originally used $key->{“post_content”} in the code below, but that didn’t take
   any of the formatting into account. From what I’ve read the_content() should 
   work with get_posts(), but it isn’t working.
 * What happens is it appears to get stuck in the loop, because the title of the
   first post is the only thing that displays on the page and it is repeated multiple
   times. I didn’t count it, but I would guess 100+ times.
 *     ```
       // $att sets up the parameter to pull the posts.  The array(...) is used if there is no parameter in the shortcode
       	$att = shortcode_atts ( array('category_name' => 'none', 'orderby' => 'post_date'), $args);
       	// Pulls the posts
       	$posts_array = get_posts($att);
       	//print_r(array_values($posts_array));
   
       	// $posts_array is a array of WP_Post objects.  To use a element use $key->{"name"}
       	// The div has to be created her, because if you put the shortcode in a div the html content doesn't get put into the div
       	echo '<div id="post_allnews">';
       	foreach ($posts_array as $key){
       		echo '<div class="post_allnews">';
       		// guid is the address to the post.  post_title is the title
       		echo '<h1><a href="'.$key->{"guid"}.'">'.$key->{"post_title"}.'</a></h1>';
       		// post content
       		echo '<p>';
       		the_content();
       		echo '</p>';
       		echo "</div>";
       	}
       	echo "</div>";
   
       	// This line was recommended when using get_posts()
       	wp_reset_postdata();
       ```
   
 * I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
 * Thanks for any suggestions.

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 *  Thread Starter [djones8520](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djones8520/)
 * (@djones8520)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_posts-the_content-problem/#post-5169147)
 * I figured it out. To use the_content with get_posts, you need the code below.
   I put it as the first line inside the foreach loop.
 * setup_postdata($key);

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