Title: Problem with loop
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problem with loop

 *  Resolved [Noisie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noisie/)
 * (@noisie)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-loop-3/)
 * Hello,
 * I have a custom template loaded on a wordpress page. The Custom template loads
   in a custom post type query loop:
 * _[please review [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum\_Welcome#Posting\_Code](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code)
   for posting code in the forum]_
 *     ```
       <?php
         $temp = $wp_query;
         $wp_query = null;
         $wp_query = new WP_Query();
         $wp_query->query('showposts=10&post_type=test'.'&paged='.$paged); 
   
         while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post();
       ?>
   
       <li>
       <?php the_title( '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '" title="' . the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) . '" rel="bookmark">', '</a>' ); ?>
       </li>
       <?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>
       ```
   
 * In the functions.php is a special custom post type based on test created.
 * The problem is: When I fill in the page title and content WYSIWYO editor it doesn’t
   loop this content.
 * Im using a general page loop to show this content after the custom post type 
   loop has ended:
 *     ```
       <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
        <h1><?php the_title() ;?></h1>
        <?php the_content(); ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * The second general page loop will still take the loop content of the first loop
   with content of test instead of the content I typed in the general page.
 * I hope someone can help me with this issue.

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-loop-3/#post-3733838)
 * please post the **full **code of the template.
 * try to use `wp_reset_postdata();` instead of `wp_reset_query();` and don’t forget
   to restore the `$temp` back into `$wp_query` after the end of the first loop;
 * `<?php $wp_query = $temp; ?>`
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query](http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query)
 *  Thread Starter [Noisie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noisie/)
 * (@noisie)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-loop-3/#post-3733868)
 * Thanks for the fast reply alchymyth. The wp_reset_postdata(); did not work. I
   will look into how to restore $temp back to wp_query later since it is very late
   here and custom PHP is still hard to understand for me.
 * This is the full relevant code I used:
 * In test.php template:
 * <?php get_header(); /* Template Name: test template */ ?>
 *     ```
       <ul class="submenu">
       <?php
         $temp = $wp_query;
         $wp_query = null;
         $wp_query = new WP_Query();
         $wp_query->query('showposts=10&post_type=test'.'&paged='.$paged); 
   
         while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post();
       ?>
       <li>
       <?php the_title( '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '" title="' . the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) . '" rel="bookmark">', '</a>' ); ?>
       </li>
       <?php endwhile; wp_reset_postdata();  ?>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * and after the first loop:
 *     ```
       <div class="contentbox main">
       <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
       <?php the_content(); ?>
       <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * In the functions file:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'init', 'create_post_type' );
       function create_post_type() {
       	register_post_type( 'test',
       array(
           'labels' => array(
       'name' => __( 'test' ),
       'singular_name' => __( 'test' )
       ),
       'public' => true,
       'has_archive' => true,
       'menu_position'=>4,
       'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt' )
       		)
       	);
       }
       ```
   
 * What I did was create a page: test and connected the test template with the template
   function to connect the first query with custom post type tab with the normal
   page. I think I did something wrong with the flushing of the query. I used the
   query since it was the only one working with a numeric pagination on custom post
   types.
 *  Thread Starter [Noisie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noisie/)
 * (@noisie)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-loop-3/#post-3734230)
 * Problem solved. My query was bad written what caused the problem.
 *     ```
       <?php wp_reset_postdata();
       $loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'posttypename', 'posts_per_page' => 20 ) ); ?>
       <?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
   
       Content..
   
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       ```
   
 * This code will make the loop work perfect after a normal query. Be sure you dont
   name the post_type the same as the page slug else it will bug out.

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Noisie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noisie/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-loop-3/#post-3734230)
 * Status: resolved

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