Title: Stopping the default loop query from executing
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Stopping the default loop query from executing

 *  [mikoder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikoder/)
 * (@mikoder)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stopping-the-default-loop-query-from-executing/)
 * Is there any way to prevent the default loop query from being executed before
   the template is loaded?
 * Modifying query_posts causes a whole new query to be run, which results in 2 
   queries per index page (or where ever its being done). Wouldn’t deferring the
   execution of the loop query until have_posts() be more logical?

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