Title: query_posts returning phantom page.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# query_posts returning phantom page.

 *  [tylerwebb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tylerwebb/)
 * (@tylerwebb)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query_posts-returning-phantom-page/)
 * I am trying to use WordPress as a content management system to dynamically update
   the media on my website. Mostly going to be videos from vimeo, but also some 
   photos and I want to be able to link to the full articles on the wordpress site
   too.
 * I have a content div which will contain whatever the important piece of content
   is, generally a video which has been linked from vimeo.
 * I have a navigator div which will dynamically update with 5 most recent thumbnails
   from the posts featured images. Clicking on any one of these will change the 
   content div accordingly.
 * [http://www.3dmediawatch.com/](http://www.3dmediawatch.com/) Static version to
   figure out the layout.
 * I have basically the whole concept worked out in my head, and quasi-code in a
   notebook, ready to start the real work of it, and suddenly I can’t even get started.
   For some reason, when I do this:
 * <?php
    define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, false); require(‘../wordpress/wp-load.php’); query_posts(‘
   posts_per_page=5’); ?>
 * <?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
    <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2> <?
   php the_content(); ?> <p>Date posted: <?php the_date(); ?></p> <?php endwhile;?
   >
 * instead of bringing up the last 5 posts, it is bringing up some random phantom
   of a post which I can’t understand where it came from. It is a single photo, 
   full size, with a caption above it, which was I believe the 2nd photo ever uploaded
   to wordpress.
 * [http://www.3dmediawatch.com/dynamic_test.php](http://www.3dmediawatch.com/dynamic_test.php)
 * I read somewhere that I can potentially corrupt my WP_Query object by using query_posts
   in the wrong place. Is that what happened? Should I use get_posts instead?
 * I have been struggling with this for over 4 hours now and don’t know where to
   begin looking for a solution. I’ve searched for every semi-applicable phrase 
   I can think of. Can anyone give me any suggestions?

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query_posts-returning-phantom-page/)
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