Title: Problem with multiple wp_query loops
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem with multiple wp_query loops

 *  Resolved [tuppaloprobe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuppaloprobe/)
 * (@tuppaloprobe)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-multiple-wp_query-loops/)
 * I have a page where I generate a table sorted based on country. I did this by
   using customfields and one wp_query pr country. I have a navigation sidebar on
   the left side. When the sidebar i active the table is generated with a lot of
   post that should not be there. The first country works fine and that is the only
   country for now that has any entries. But the other countries gets entries that
   does not have the same meta_key. I suspect that it gets all posts with the same
   meta_value regardles of the key. But when i remove the sidebar from the templatepage
   all the table queries works perfect.
 * I have tried to add wp_reset_query(); but it did not make any difference.
 * I have another question to. It does not seem to make any difference if i add ‘
   cat’ parameters to the query. The search seems to ignore the cat parameter regardless
   of what i put there.
 * Here is the wp_query args. All look the same just a different country.
    The cat
   here does not make any difference if I add it or not.
 *     ```
       $args1 = array(
       	'cat'  => '50',
       	'showposts'  => 1000,
               'orderby'  =>  title,
               'meta_key'  => treningsland,
               'meta_value' => $text02, /*Sverige*/
               'order'  =>  asc,
       );
       ```
   
 * Here is the code of one of the country entries. All look the same.
 *     ```
       <?php
       $my_posts = new WP_Query();
       $my_posts->query($args1);
       ?>
   
       <?php
       if ($my_posts->have_posts()) {
       ?>
   
       <div class="alignleft">
   
       <h2 class="header_course_table"><?php echo $text02 ?></h2>
   
       <table class="course_table">
       <tr>
       <th></th>
       <?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'kursdatum', true)) { ?>
       <th><?php echo $text13; ?></th>
       <th><?php echo $text10; ?></th>
       <th><?php echo $text11; ?></th>
       <?php }
       else { ?>
       <th><?php echo $text09; ?></th>
       <th><?php echo $text10; ?></th>
       <th><?php echo $text11; ?></th>
       <th><?php echo $text12; ?></th>
       </tr>
       <?php } ?>
   
       <?php
       while ($my_posts->have_posts()) : $my_posts->the_post(); ?>
   
       <tr class="<?=($c++%2==1) ? 'odd' : 'even' ?>">
       <td>
       <h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"
       rel="bookmark" title="<?php echo $text06; ?><?php
       the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php echo $text05 ?></a></h3>
       </td>
   
       <?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'kursdatum', true)) { ?>
       <td>
       <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'kursdatum', true); ?>
       </td>
       <td>
       <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Tid', true); ?>
       </td>
       <td>
       <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'kursort', true); ?>
   
       <?php }
   
       else { ?>
       <td>
       <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Veckodag', true); ?>
       </td>
       <td>
       <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Tid', true); ?>
       </td>
       <td>
       <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'kursort', true); ?>
       </td>
       <td>
       <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'kurstyp', true); ?>
       </td>
       <?php } ?>
   
       <?php endwhile;
       wp_reset_query(); ?>
   
       </table>
       </div>
   
       <?php } ?>
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [tuppaloprobe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuppaloprobe/)
 * (@tuppaloprobe)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-multiple-wp_query-loops/#post-1524730)
 * It seems that the query is forced to be in a certain way. I have tried different
   query parameters, but I get the same result every time when the sidebar is active.
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-multiple-wp_query-loops/#post-1524731)
 * did you try this kind of loop
 *     ```
       <?php $temp_query = $wp_query; ?>
       <!-- Do stuff... -->
   
       <?php query_posts('category_name=special_cat&posts_per_page=10'); ?>
   
       <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
         <!-- Do special_cat stuff... -->
       <?php endwhile; ?>
   
       // now back to our regularly scheduled programming
       <?php $wp_query = $temp_query; ?>
       ```
   
 * I once tried the following and it worked. I don’t now where I found this solution
   and if its standard markup but you could give it a try
 *     ```
       $temp = $wp_query;
       $wp_query= null;
       $wp_query = new WP_Query();
       $wp_query->query($args1);
       ```
   
 * before the loop. And after the loop you put this:
    `<?php $wp_query = null; $
   wp_query = $temp; ?>`
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-multiple-wp_query-loops/#post-1524732)
 * You probably have another loop in your sidebar and its probably called before
   the actual page loop. So you have [multiple loops](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops)
   that interfere with eachother. If you queried the loop in the sidebar the same
   way as on the page, you can change the variable with a unique name
    `$my_posts
   = new WP_Query();` to `$my_sidebar_posts = new WP_Query();` If you have a loop
   in the sidebar you do the wp_reset_query there.
 *  Thread Starter [tuppaloprobe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuppaloprobe/)
 * (@tuppaloprobe)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-multiple-wp_query-loops/#post-1524733)
 * I figured out why.
 * I copied the same loop and the same args and used them both for the sidebar and
   for the loops above and thus there where more than 1 array with different parameters
   and same name. The array in my post did not write over them and the first args
   where the ones used in both the side bar and this page.
 * Thanks a lot for the help anyway 🙂
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-multiple-wp_query-loops/#post-1524736)
 * I’m glad you found the solution to this problem

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 * Last reply from: [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-multiple-wp_query-loops/#post-1524736)
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