Title: query_posts doesn’t get new posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# query_posts doesn’t get new posts

 *  [Derek Ashauer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sccr410/)
 * (@sccr410)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query_posts-doesnt-get-new-posts/)
 * I am trying to use the query_posts function after a page item to get the 5 latest
   posts. query_posts doesn’t seem to do anything, I only get the data for the page
   again. The $posts value does not change like it should.

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 *  Thread Starter [Derek Ashauer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sccr410/)
 * (@sccr410)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query_posts-doesnt-get-new-posts/#post-789856)
 * Resolved: need to use like this:
 * $posts = query_posts(…);

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 * Last reply from: [Derek Ashauer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sccr410/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query_posts-doesnt-get-new-posts/#post-789856)
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