Title: Loop posts only 2 months old.
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Loop posts only 2 months old.

 *  Resolved [pahroblem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pahroblem/)
 * (@pahroblem)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-posts-only-2-months-old/)
 * Hey guys i have a loop on my sidebar to show 5 random posts. works great but 
   sometimes it can output posts from over a year ago. how would i add a filter 
   so that only posts from up to 2months old will come up?
 *     ```
       <?php
       $tags = wp_get_post_tags($post->ID);
       if ($tags) {
       $first_tag = $tags[0]->term_id;
       }
       ?>
   
       <?php
       $args = array(
       'post_type' => array( 'post', 'review'),
       'posts_per_page' => 5,
       'post__not_in' => array( $post->ID ),
       'tag__in' => array($first_tag)
   
       );
       $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
       ?>
   
       <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts('paged') ) : ?>
       ```
   
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [Allison Tarr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allisonplus/)
 * (@allisonplus)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-posts-only-2-months-old/#post-6888690)
 * Hi Pahroblem,
 * I think the section of the Codex that you might find helpful as a reference for
   this would be: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Date_Parameters](https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Date_Parameters)
 * You would most likely need to add extra parameters to your $args array.
 *  Thread Starter [pahroblem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pahroblem/)
 * (@pahroblem)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-posts-only-2-months-old/#post-6888737)
 * having trouble getting it into my array, loop seems to ignore it.
 *  [Artur Bobinski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kentonwebdesign/)
 * (@kentonwebdesign)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-posts-only-2-months-old/#post-6888748)
 * Hi try this,
    <?php $args = array( ‘post_type’ => array( ‘post’, ‘review’), ‘
   posts_per_page’ => 5, ‘post__not_in’ => array( $post->ID ), ‘orderby’ => ‘date’,‘
   tag__in’ => array($first_tag)
 * );
    $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
 * Would that work for you?
 *  [Artur Bobinski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kentonwebdesign/)
 * (@kentonwebdesign)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-posts-only-2-months-old/#post-6888750)
 * Actually, using the date parameters you could do something like this too;
 * <?php
    $args = array( ‘post_type’ => array( ‘post’, ‘review’), ‘posts_per_page’
   => 5, ‘post__not_in’ => array( $post->ID ), ‘orderby’ => ‘date’, ‘tag__in’ =>
   array($first_tag), ‘date_query’ => array( ‘after’ => date(‘Y-m-d’, strtotime(‘-
   2 months’)) ); $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
 *  Thread Starter [pahroblem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pahroblem/)
 * (@pahroblem)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-posts-only-2-months-old/#post-6888786)
 * wouldnt that just order them by date dude? Tryin to get it to pull 5 randomly
   in no order but within 1 month old.
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-posts-only-2-months-old/#post-6888789)
 * Have you tried it?
 * Try setting `orderby` to `rand`.
 *     ```
       <?php
       $args = array(
       	'post_type'      => array( 'post', 'review' ),
       	'posts_per_page' => 5,
       	'post__not_in'   => array( $post->ID ),
       	'orderby'        => 'rand',
       	'tag__in'        => array( $first_tag ),
       	'date_query'     => array(
       		array(
       			'after' => '-2 months'
       		),
       	),
       );
   
       $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  [Artur Bobinski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kentonwebdesign/)
 * (@kentonwebdesign)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-posts-only-2-months-old/#post-6888826)
 * Hi,
 * You can change the “orderby” to anything really, however the “after” is what 
   we are after, to display post no older then 2 month.
 * Hope that helps
 * Thank you
 *  Thread Starter [pahroblem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pahroblem/)
 * (@pahroblem)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-posts-only-2-months-old/#post-6888878)
 * My mistake…
 * Yep that works. thanks for your help guys!

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