Title: Multiple Loops on single.php – no posts returned
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Multiple Loops on single.php – no posts returned

 *  [volsunga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/volsunga/)
 * (@volsunga)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-loops-on-singlephp-no-posts-returned/)
 * Hi all,
 * I’m trying to implement a second loop in one of my single.php pages (for a set
   category, in this case ‘images’, id 9). Nothing is being returned, though when
   I fiddle with the second query to change the parameters, I get strange results
 * Here’s my first loop:
 *     ```
       <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   
       <p>   <?php the_content(); ?></p>
   
       <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * and the second:
 *     ```
       <?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
       		<?php foreach((get_the_category()) as $category)
                                 { $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=images' . $category->category_nicename . '&orderby=title&order=desc&showposts=5');} ?> 
   
                              <?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   
                <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
       			<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
       		</a>
   
                             <?php endwhile; ?>
        		<?php break; endwhile; ?>
       ```
   
 * If I leave category_name blank, I get all posts from all categories – this makes
   me think I must be close (after HOURS!) so any help greatly appreciated!
 * Thanks

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-loops-on-singlephp-no-posts-returned/#post-1749833)
 * why is your second loop wrapped into `<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post();?
   >` ?
 * are you trying to do the second loop for each post category?
 * this won’t work, as this is kind of running for its own purpose, and probably
   only returns the category object for the last post category:
 *     ```
       <?php foreach((get_the_category()) as $category)
                                 { $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=images' . $category->category_nicename . '&orderby=title&order=desc&showposts=5');} ?>
       ```
   
 * do you have post categories with the name ‘imagesCategoryNiceName’?
    as this 
   construct tries to do: `'category_name=images' . $category->category_nicename.'&....`
 * let’s hope i understand this right, and assume you only have one category with
   the post (then the foreach does ok) and you want to show 5 posts of the category‘
   images’ then you could try (this would still leave the category_nicename from‘
   get_the_caegory()’ part unused):
 *     ```
       <?php
       foreach((get_the_category()) as $category)
                                 { $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=images&orderby=title&order=desc&showposts=5');} ?> 
   
                              <?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   
                <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
       			<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
       		</a>
   
                             <?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-loops-on-singlephp-no-posts-returned/#post-1749833)
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