Title: query_posts alternative
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# query_posts alternative

 *  [bouinfrederic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bouinfrederic/)
 * (@bouinfrederic)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query_posts-alternative/)
 * Hi there,
 * I am creating a website that integrates a portfolio which uses custom post types,
   this was done based off of[ this tutorial](http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/widgets/using-custom-post-types-to-create-a-killer-portfolio/?search_index=5).
 * So far it is exactly what I am looking for and works great except for one small
   detail. In order to fetch the posts from the new custom post type the author 
   of the tutorial used the query_posts() codex. So the top of my portfolio page
   looks like this:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /* Template Name: Portfolio */
       get_header();
       query_posts('post_type=portfolio&posts_per_page=10');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * What I gather is that this declares “get posts from “post type” portfolio and
   show 10 per page”. My problem is that I can’t go get content from my portfolio
   page. It seems that now my portfolio page only fetches the content from the custom
   post type, and I can’t use:
 *     ```
       <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
         <?php the_content(); ?>
       <?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
       ```
   
 * to get content from the actual page.
 * Any ideas how I could modify this? I am also still learning so being clear with
   explanations would be greatly appreciated.
 * Thank you!

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 *  Thread Starter [bouinfrederic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bouinfrederic/)
 * (@bouinfrederic)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query_posts-alternative/#post-4234619)
 * By the way this is what I am trying to do, I’ve replaced:
 *     ```
       query_posts('post_type=portfolio&posts_per_page=10');
       ```
   
 * with:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'add_my_post_types_to_query' );
   
       function add_my_post_types_to_query( $query ) {
       	if ( is_page( 8 ) && $query->is_main_query() )
       		$query->set( 'post_type', array( 'portfolio' ) );
       	return $query;
       }
       ```
   
 * This seems like the right track, but it stills doesn’t work. I’m not getting 
   the posts from my custom post type.
 *  [luistinygod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luistinygod/)
 * (@luistinygod)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query_posts-alternative/#post-4234793)
 * Hi.
 * So you have a page using a page template ‘portfolio’. WordPress will fetch that
   page from database with its own page content. What you want to do is after page
   load add the portfolio right?
    So, I would replace the query_posts by a custom
   query using the [WP_Query](http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query)
   class:
 *     ```
       $args = array(
       	'post_type' => 'portfolio',
       	'posts_per_page' => 10
       );
   
       $my_portfolio = new WP_Query( $args );
       ```
   
 * And then use it as a custom loop:
 *     ```
       // The Loop
       if ( $my_portfolio->have_posts() ) {
       	while ( $my_portfolio->have_posts() ) {
       		$my_portfolio->the_post();
       		echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
       		/* other functions here */
       	}
       }
       /* Restore original Post Data */
       wp_reset_postdata();
       ```
   
 * Place this code on the page template in the spot where you’d like to render the
   portfolio. Keep the existing page loop if you would like to show the page title
   and content.
 *  [robcruiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robcruiz/)
 * (@robcruiz)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query_posts-alternative/#post-4234994)
 * This helped me out a lot. Saved my life. Thanks!

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